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How Much Did A Working Girl Need To Live On In 1922?
According To One Report – A Miniscule $468 Per Year Would Supply A Working Girl “All The Necessities Of Life.” In 1922, a single working woman could live comfortably on $9 per week and, $17 a week with “luxuries” according … Continue reading
Why Are There Annoying Flies At Jones Beach Field 6?
Is There Anything You Can Do To Keep The Flies Off Of You? In the summer if you ever go to Jones Beach in Long Island, especially the often filled popular field 6, you will notice one of two things, … Continue reading
May Day In Brooklyn -1919
10,000 Girls Celebrate May Day In Prospect Park, 1919 I may not be 100 years old, but I do remember being in public school celebrating May Day with a traditional maypole dance. May Day in New York has other connotations … Continue reading
Posted in History, New York, Photography
Tagged 1919, Brooklyn, News - Press Photo, Prospect Park, World War I
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Ladies Day – Rowing On The Harlem River Circa 1905
Ladies Get Ready For Rowing At An Annual Regatta On The Harlem River At the turn of the century, the male dominated rowing clubs of New York City, Long Island and Hoboken would hold regattas and invite the fairer sex … Continue reading
Gas Price Wars – 1967 Style
Remember Paying 27 Cents A Gallon For Gas? War Over? No, Not Quite. Too late, sir, the gasoline price war is over. Or is it? This sign leaves consumer Don Lambert wondering. Yesterday the price had risen three cents a … Continue reading
How A 1919 New York Law Enacted To Help Women, Ended Up Costing Them Their Jobs
An Uproar Ensues When Women Take Men’s Jobs In Wartime New York 1917 – Marie Bocinec Becomes The First Woman Streetcar Conductor In New York City. As New Doors To Working Women Were Opening, Everything Was About To Go All … Continue reading
Posted in History, New York, Photography
Tagged 1917, 1918, 1919, Alfred E. Smith, New York Times, New York Tribune, News - Press Photo, Trolley
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Young Man Swims In Lake Michigan On January 4, 1924
90 Years Ago Today: Victor Barothy Goes Swimming In Lake Michigan January 4, 1924 I’ve seen the polar bear clubs with swimmers who plunge into the Atlantic Ocean on New Year’s Day every year. But this looks insane. Those large … Continue reading
Posted in History, Photography, Strange Phenomena
Tagged News - Press Photo, Unusual, Weather
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1956 – Joe DiMaggio And Hollywood Stars Attend A Charity Ball
Fundraiser For Boys Towns Of Italy Draws Top Celebrities 1956 The woman seated is Elsa Maxwell, a gossip columnist who was famous for hosting parties featuring royalty, the wealthy and movie personalities. Standing from left to right are stars Cleo … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Movies, Photography
Tagged 1956, Cleo Moore, Elsa Maxwell, Joe DiMaggio, Linda Darnell, Marilyn Monroe, News - Press Photo, Shirley Jones, Waldorf-Astoria
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Celebrity Stalkers Aren’t New
Maude Adams, Biggest Star of The New York Stage Had A Stalker Committed To Bellevue Today the paparazzi are considered the primary stalkers of celebrities and their children. But every now and then we read about the true psychopaths who … Continue reading
Posted in History, New York
Tagged 1906, Entertainment, Maude Adams, Somewhere In Time
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Increase Your Bust Ad – 1915
Same Scam As Today, Perpetrated 100 Years Ago Before plastic surgery and breast implants became the way to change your natural assets, there were charlatans preying upon young girls and women’s insecurities. Growing up I remember reading magazines in the … Continue reading →