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Horseketball: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/02/2007 - 3:11am.
Basketball on the tanbark at Durland's Riding Academy, New York. 1908. Evidently it's traveling if you let go of the reins. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection. Check out how this pic looked before restoration.
Fire at Durland's
Submitted by ne_time_now on Sun, 07/06/2008 - 5:08pm.
ne_time_now
IMDB lists a 3 minute movie "The Burning of Durland's Riding Academy" in the Edison catalog of the fire that occurred at Durland's Riding Academy, at Sixtieth Street and Eighth Avenue in 1902; The Durland fire (filmed by E. Porter) occurred on Manhattan's west side, but was later retitled Firemen Fighting the Flames at Paterson only because it was a more famous fire.
(thanx to Paghat the Ratgirl)
On the Tanbark
Submitted by koley5 on Sun, 07/06/2008 - 11:09am.
traveling! that's a good one. i blew coffee all over my monitor and keyboard. but it's okay. i think it's good for them.
"...tied to the rack of pedestrian endeavor..."
White horse to black horse
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 05/02/2007 - 10:17am.
White horse to black horse: "Psst. These people are IDIOTS!"
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