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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.
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?
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.
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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