The high resolution/quality really makes me appreciate the content on this one. It would be impossible to make out all these disgruntled faces on a picture half the size. One of the things I've always admired about Shorpy is not only the interesting subject matter, but the high quality of the images themselves. This is a shining example.

I love the look of the cop on the left, nightstick ready for those who may step out of line. Didn't they carry guns back then?

At what age was it customary for boys to stop wearing knickers and put on their "big boy pants" like their fathers? The boys in this photo look to be in their teens.

What in the hell does pipe the swell mean?

[Pipe = slang for "look at." - Dave]

As a previous poster mentioned, every single person in attendance is presentable, indicating respect for the occasion. Psychologists believe that well-dressed people also behave better and usually obey the law more conscientiously. (Tell that to Bernie Madoff and all the other white collar crooks who have absconded with our retirement accounts).

Pipe the swell on the far right, gazing levelly at the camera. Oh, he's a cool one, all right.

Startled looks on some of them, indeed, Tipster. The Charles Boyerish fellow fourth from the left, in particular, has a whole lot of eyeball going on.

Just about everybody in this alarming photo looks as if they'd "fit the profile" by today's tense standards. Were they all arrested just minutes later?

Not a hatless head in the entire crowd. And no man without a necktie. Wow.

It's surprising just how many people in this crowd are looking straight at the lens, and if startled to attention by the photographer, and just in time to lose their night vision for a few minutes to a burst of flash powder. I wonder what he said, or if he fired a track pistol.

It's the so-called "Innsmouth look". I hear it's all the rage this year in Arkham, Massachusetts.

Patiently waiting for the black smoke or white smoke. Incredible resolution, is it a 8 x 10 plate?

[6 x 8, seen here at one-quarter resolution in the "full size" view. - Dave]

Check out the fourth guy from the left and his bulging eyes. Must have been a tense night.

The very indignant lady at the far left takes a wonderful picture! Mother of the loser?