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Split Level: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 11:27am.
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Circa 1910. "Riverside Park, New York." And the ledge that launched a thousand boys. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Haunting
Submitted by Mattie on Thu, 10/11/2012 - 12:49am.
I don't know why I keep coming back to this scene. It's one of those "I want to go there" images. The split-level park is so unlike anything that would be designed today. I think I found it: RIverside Drive and W. 116th Street. Can any New Yorkers confirm that?
Roll you own
Submitted by RBPjr on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 8:55pm.
Looks like the young man, in the bottom of the photo, is trying to "roll" a cigarette...my parents did the same, in the early days, to save money.
Lots of intrigue!
Submitted by Vintagetvs on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 3:26pm.
Why is there an "S" on the ground?
What is that guy doing, rolling a Cig?
The fellow behind him seems to have a bottle of something, and where does the small child fit in to all of this?
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