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Election Night: 1909
November 2, 1909. Watching the municipal election returns at the offices of the New York Herald and Evening Telegram, with the results beamed out from the projection booth using slides. William Gaynor was elected mayor. 8x10 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size. Lots to see here.
Sen-Sen
Had some difficulty finding the Sen-Sen billboard, I finally managed to do so, the ad appears to be for Sen-Sen Gum: "Little Girls like it"
Found on a page at the interesting site called "Friends of Historic Third Lake Ridge".
Times have changed
I managed to find two woman (large hat, near the small tree at the back of the streetcar at the left of the photo; and in front of the projection booth) and two black men, both in front of the projection booth. Look where we are a hundred years later.
I won?!
Is this where the election term "projecting the winner" comes from?
Sen-Sen
I see one woman. I also see a billboard for Sen-Sen, one of my favorite atavistic brands (the other being Moxie). Sen-sen is remembered today chiefly because it is mentioned in the lyrics to the song "Ya Got Trouble" in "The Music Man."
They're tryin' out Bevo, tryin' out cubebs,
Tryin' out tailor-mades like cigarette fiends!
And braggin' all about
How they're gonna cover up a tell-tale breath with Sen-Sen.
I use the term "atavistic" brand, rather than "obsolete" because Sen-Sen can still be purchased in a few venues (and, of course, online).
CHA
[And let's not forget Zoolak. "Unequaled for the stomach." - Dave]
Not a woman in the crowd
Not a woman in the crowd that I can spot (perhaps since they didn't have the vote), yet over the scene hangs the prominent ad for corsetry. Ha!
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