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Mr. Bojangles: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/18/2013 - 3:03pm.
Summer 1939. "Street scene, New York City." Here's a fellow who looks like he has a story to tell. Medium format negative by Jack Allison. View full size.
Travellin' Man
Submitted by TomVet on Tue, 02/19/2013 - 12:49am.
I don't know where he's headed next with his carry-on bag and flag, but he probably won't like what happens at airport security.
Why do I look at Shorpy
Submitted by pedrocooper on Tue, 02/19/2013 - 12:08am.
before I go to bed? Need to get up early but I couldn't resist. Per the 1940 NYC phone book, there was a Wm. Finkelstein, plumber located at 109 West 116th Street.
Great resource provided by the NY Public Library: http://directme.nypl.org/
Fresh Killed
Submitted by Horace T. Water on Mon, 02/18/2013 - 10:50pm.
Not a term one is likely to see at the local supermarket. I guess, in our modern, sanitized world, we are supposed to believe that poultry, as well as other meats, grow in styrofoam trays at a plant somewhere in the Midwest.
Sink Stopper Next Door
Submitted by perpster on Mon, 02/18/2013 - 9:32pm.
Might the sink stopper noticed by Boots_DE be from next door's William Finkelstein Plumber, 109 West 116 Street, Harlem, NY, UNiversity 4-3833?
Obvious conclusion
Submitted by JohnHoward on Mon, 02/18/2013 - 9:08pm.
This poor fella was abducted and held for an extended period of time inside a highly-charged political convention.
Re: Actually
Submitted by Dbell on Tue, 02/19/2013 - 1:22pm.
I dunno, Dave. Sure looks like /lb to me.
[The price per pound is 22 cents, not .22 cents. - Dave]
D'oh!!
Of course, you're right; I didn't notice the decimal!
Wow, will you look at that!
Submitted by Vintagetvs on Mon, 02/18/2013 - 4:04pm.
Fresh killed Chickens for .22 cents a pound!
[Actually, 22 cents. - Dave]
Ah, yeah, Peter, I think that's enough flair.
Submitted by Cuneo on Mon, 02/18/2013 - 4:02pm.
That's enough flair to make Stan proud, Brian jealous, and Joanna want to quit.
A very interesting fellow, indeed!
Submitted by Boots_DE on Mon, 02/18/2013 - 3:44pm.
Including a sink stopper, rabbit's foot, and a cow bell. Would love to have heard his story!
Those signs
Submitted by Ice gang on Mon, 02/18/2013 - 3:15pm.
really caught my eye, the apex of sign painters art, which would continue for another 20 years,now a lost art, OH, and that guy looks like he is really ready to put on a show!
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