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Author Archives: Max
May Day Parade New York City 1935
Or What’s Wrong With This Photograph? New York City used to have an annual May Day Parade where Socialists, Communists, unions and other pro-labor forces would march down a route and finally assemble around Union Square. Most of the time … Continue reading
Crime In New York In 1852
“Charged With The Most Heinous Crimes” In The New-York Daily Times of August 3, 1852 on page 3 there appears a summary of events occurring in New York City. The most interesting parts comprising this article of brief news items … Continue reading
The Stowaway
Illegal Immigration 1931 Stows Away in Box To Enter America He tried to come to America in a box of hats, but now he has to go back to France. Louis Chianese nailed himself carefully in a wooden box, with … Continue reading
Posted in History, New York, Photography
Tagged France, Illegal Immigration, Immigration
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Baseball In A Blizzard – The Detroit Tigers 1911 Snow Game
Snow Doesn’t Stop A Tiger Victory In the old days of baseball when there were fewer games and no playoff rounds, the baseball season started in mid-April. In part, the later start date was to try and prevent what happened … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Photography
Tagged 1911, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Ty Cobb, Umpire
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Old New York in Postcards #5
Postcards of Old New York - Featuring Broadway and Fifth Avenue These postcards generally depict New York from 1900 – 1920. We are concentrating this batch on the well traveled areas of Broadway and Fifth Avenue. As the brief description … Continue reading
Our Gang / Little Rascals Star Norman Chubby Chaney No Longer Has An Unmarked Grave
“Chubsy-Ubsy” Finally Gets A Headstone Norman “Chubby” Chaney, a star for Hal Roach’s Our Gang comedies, (aka the Little Rascals) had been buried in an unmarked grave at Baltimore Cemetery since 1936. He was the first former cast member to … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Movies, Television
Tagged Cemetery, Entertainment, Epitaphs, Hal Roach, Jackie Cooper, Norman Chubby Chaney, Our Gang, The Little Rascals, Tombstone, YouTube
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Old New York In Photos #25
42nd Street and Broadway New York Times Building 1915 We have previously featured an overview of the Times Tower Building and Times Square. Now we present a street level view looking west from Broadway. The date is October 3, 1915 … Continue reading
Posted in New York, Old New York In Photos, Photography
Tagged 1915, 42nd Street, Broadway, New York Times, Times Square, Times Tower Building
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Classic Hollywood #20
Abbott and Costello – 1943 In The Navy In general I have found that women do not find Abbott and Costello to be funny. Maybe they are an acquired taste. What is interesting about this particular scene from their 1943 … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Hollywood, Movies, Photography
Tagged 1941, Bud Abbott, Entertainment, Lou Costello, Shemp Howard, The Three Stooges
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1920′s Bathing Beauty Fur Coat And All
Bathing Beauty Photographed By Charles Gates Sheldon Charles Gates Sheldon was a “pretty woman” illustrator and one of the best at his craft, active in the 1920′s and 30′s, primarily working for many movie magazines such as Photoplay and Movie … Continue reading
All New York City Sidewalks Are Not Created Equal
What Is The Width Of The Sidewalks In Manhattan? Following up on our November 19, story, All New York City Streets Are Not Created Equal, the 1904 World Almanac has a list of the width of Manhattan’s sidewalks. The chart … Continue reading
Posted in Books, New York
Tagged 1904, Fifth Avenue, Hotel Savoy, New York History, New York World, Sidewalks, World Almanac
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