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Monday, June 3. 2013

5th Avenue, 1913


 Sidewalk just as jammed as it is today.




Posted by Bird Dog at 17:11 | Comments (10) | Trackbacks (0)

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Not a soul is wearing his or her workout clothes --
#1 buddy larsen on 2013-06-04 07:51 (Reply)
bud,

If you check that guy's wrist watch you'll see it's Sunday. Remember when everyone had Sunday off? The 24/7 world will be the ruin of us all.

TC
#1.1 Garry on 2013-06-04 11:49 (Reply)
...and about 11am.
#1.1.1 Garry on 2013-06-04 12:02 (Reply)
Oops, one of them hosses just dropped a road apple on that guy's wristwatch
#1.1.1.1 buddy larsen on 2013-06-04 12:23 (Reply)
Great hats. The women particularly.
#2 MTF on 2013-06-04 09:12 (Reply)
I'm intrigued by the fact that they left the starter crank in on the bus. Our crank-start tractor has a removable one to prevent it being bent, (it also makes theft nigh on impossible). I wonder, if they felt that the possibility of it being bent was less than the possibility of the driver losing it.
#3 acairfearann (Link) on 2013-06-04 11:02 (Reply)
Could be wrong but I don't believe all starter cranks were removable.
#3.1 Garry on 2013-06-04 12:04 (Reply)
Which leads one to wonder...did cranks gradually become removable, with earlier cranks left on because, why not?
#3.1.1 acairfearann (Link) on 2013-06-04 19:01 (Reply)
My grandpa was born in NYC in 1892, so he was 21 when this picture was taken. I was born when he was nearly 70, and I love to look back at his life and all of the changes that he must have seen over the years. I wish I could go back and talk to him now.

Thanks for posting this. I'm going to share it with my daughter who lives in NYC now.
#4 LP on 2013-06-04 19:00 (Reply)
He could have witnessed the Wright Bros first flight at Kitty Hawk and on live TV Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin strolling around on the moon. Kinda staggering, that.
#4.1 buddy larsen on 2013-06-04 23:01 (Reply)

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