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A HERETIC I AM

(24,370 posts) Sat Feb 21, 2015, 03:36 PM Feb 2015

A collection of very cool old photos of New York, from the NYC archives;

A two-horse team street cleaner, with sprayer, squeegee, and roller at rear.

Shadows are cast beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, seen from a stable roof, on May 6, 1918.

28th Street Looking east from Second Avenue, on April 4, 1931.

Google Street View of the same street today;
https://goo.gl/maps/gXlDt

Many more here;
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2012/04/historic-photos-from-the-nyc-municipal-archives/100286/

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A collection of very cool old photos of New York, from the NYC archives; (Original Post) A HERETIC I AM Feb 2015 OP

horse and buggy alongside modern inventions. interesting to see Liberal_in_LA Feb 2015 #1

Yeah....I found those interesting as well. n/t A HERETIC I AM Feb 2015 #10

Why aren't those lazy brats in photo three toiling away!? onehandle Feb 2015 #2

No kidding, eh? A HERETIC I AM Feb 2015 #9

Thanks for posting. nt kelliekat44 Feb 2015 #3

You're welcome. n/t A HERETIC I AM Feb 2015 #6

Love old photos, thanks for posting!! nt Logical Feb 2015 #4

You are very welcome! I'm glad you liked it. n/t A HERETIC I AM Feb 2015 #7

I just discovered you can find film on you tube from 1900!!! nt daredtowork Feb 2015 #5

Neat! Can you put up a link? n/t A HERETIC I AM Feb 2015 #8

The British Film Institute posts a lot daredtowork Feb 2015 #11

Cool! Thanks. n/t A HERETIC I AM Feb 2015 #14

Wow! Those were both extremely cool! I stuck with the streetcar all the way down Market to the deurbano Feb 2015 #15

yeah, it was an awesome discovery! XD nt daredtowork Feb 2015 #21

Notice the street horse poopy sweeper almost get killed at 1:27 mark on right lobodons Feb 2015 #22

Old photo collections and the like typically make me sad. Sometimes to the point of tears. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #12

Me, too. Old family pictures do the same... CTyankee Feb 2015 #13

PBS here in Chicago has a whole series of programs called 'Remembering Chicago'. Stellar Feb 2015 #16

LA has a show called "the way things were". just a few episodes that repeat on pbs Liberal_in_LA Feb 2015 #17

Yeah, Chicago has four of them... Stellar Feb 2015 #18

yes. they run during pledge weeks Liberal_in_LA Feb 2015 #19

That's the usual... Stellar Feb 2015 #20

Great collection. nt Pooka Fey Feb 2015 #23

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

1. horse and buggy alongside modern inventions. interesting to see

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 03:42 PM

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A HERETIC I AM

(24,370 posts)

10. Yeah....I found those interesting as well. n/t

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Sat Feb 21, 2015, 04:41 PM

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onehandle

(51,122 posts)

2. Why aren't those lazy brats in photo three toiling away!?

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 04:11 PM

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It's not 1938 yet. Get To Work!

A HERETIC I AM

(24,370 posts)

9. No kidding, eh?

Reply to onehandle (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 04:40 PM

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There are shirts to sew and coal to be shoveled!

kelliekat44

(7,759 posts)

3. Thanks for posting. nt

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Sat Feb 21, 2015, 04:17 PM

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A HERETIC I AM

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6. You're welcome. n/t

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Sat Feb 21, 2015, 04:39 PM

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Logical

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4. Love old photos, thanks for posting!! nt

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Sat Feb 21, 2015, 04:30 PM

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A HERETIC I AM

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7. You are very welcome! I'm glad you liked it. n/t

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Sat Feb 21, 2015, 04:39 PM

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daredtowork

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5. I just discovered you can find film on you tube from 1900!!! nt

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Sat Feb 21, 2015, 04:34 PM

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A HERETIC I AM

(24,370 posts)

8. Neat! Can you put up a link? n/t

Reply to daredtowork (Reply #5)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 04:40 PM

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daredtowork

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11. The British Film Institute posts a lot

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Reply #8)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 04:57 PM

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&list=PLF3E52E5E9162CCE1

London Screen Archives also has some if your root around:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn1EQVHER6x3-m1-y53So7w

Here is San Francisco right before the Earthquake!

A HERETIC I AM

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14. Cool! Thanks. n/t

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Sat Feb 21, 2015, 05:06 PM

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deurbano

(2,895 posts)

15. Wow! Those were both extremely cool! I stuck with the streetcar all the way down Market to the

Reply to daredtowork (Reply #11)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 07:01 PM

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Ferry Building. The street situation was so surrealistically chaotic. Both pedestrians and drivers behaved like crazed daredevils. (There must have been a lot of accidents...)

Thanks for sharing!

daredtowork

(3,732 posts)

21. yeah, it was an awesome discovery! XD nt

Reply to deurbano (Reply #15)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 10:16 PM

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lobodons

(1,290 posts)

22. Notice the street horse poopy sweeper almost get killed at 1:27 mark on right

Reply to daredtowork (Reply #11)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 10:52 PM

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O.K., not almost killed, but still he risks his life to go out there and sweep up the horse poopy.

ND-Dem

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12. Old photo collections and the like typically make me sad. Sometimes to the point of tears.

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 05:01 PM

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CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

13. Me, too. Old family pictures do the same...

Reply to ND-Dem (Reply #12)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 05:06 PM

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I'm going to give away all my family photos but I guess I would have to go thru them and identify the ones I CAN. Some I really don't know...

Stellar

(5,644 posts)

16. PBS here in Chicago has a whole series of programs called 'Remembering Chicago'.

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 08:17 PM

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They start with the 1920 through the 40's . Then there's, Remembering Chicago again.

But my favorite is, 'Remembering Chicago again: The Boomer years'...

http://video.wttw.com/video/2337051628/

I love it. It brings me back to my childhood (when my mother and dad were still here).

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

17. LA has a show called "the way things were". just a few episodes that repeat on pbs

Reply to Stellar (Reply #16)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 08:22 PM

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Stellar

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18. Yeah, Chicago has four of them...

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Reply #17)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 08:33 PM

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Are they on PBS too?

Liberal_in_LA

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19. yes. they run during pledge weeks

Reply to Stellar (Reply #18)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 08:35 PM

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Stellar

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20. That's the usual...

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Reply #19)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 08:41 PM

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But on my Roku I get to watch all of them uninterrupted on PBS because I subscribe to PBS. I'm about to watch From 'DuSable to Obama' again. That's a good one also.

Pooka Fey

(3,496 posts)

23. Great collection. nt

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Sun Feb 22, 2015, 07:44 AM

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