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Manhattan circa 1900. "Chatham Square and 'El' tracks, New York City, N.Y." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
By golly, there really is such a thing as a Free Lunch. So much to see here.
A wealth of details -- the pawnbroker's symbol, the granite crosswalk pavers, the el itself -- that were commonplace for generations but have disappeared, utterly. White, Van Glahn was a hardware company that failed in 1913, not long after this news item:
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