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- The most dangerous fire escape I've ever seen
- Out of Place
- Sir Bedevere
- Witch way to the fire?
- Proud to be an old Coot
- That old scale
- Bowled Over
- Cat years?
- 'Why' Wyoming?
- His Master's Voice
- What! No dish under the skewer?
- Only in Hollywood?
- What's Up Doc?
- Destination?
- I'm pretty sure this was a voluntary program
- When I see chicken wire rabbit cages I think of three things
- The War Ears
- Eating the bunnies? Really?
- A love affair with a machine
- Hasenpfeffer
- Back support
- Hot type!
- Can you smell ... the news?
- Looking across the street and Flong
- Memories of my elderly hoarder neighbor
- Linotype in the Twilight Zone
- By Memory?
- Quiet place
- Line Of Type
- And no hearing protection
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Riverside Drive: 1905
The Hudson River circa 1905. "Riverside Drive and Manhattan Valley Viaduct, New York." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Close to original view
Changing the date on Street View gets a view without leaves on the trees.
Sub Viaduct
While the viaduct has new railings the supporting framework below it is quite amazing. The Marx Brothers movie scene of "Why a duck?" is hilarious.
Strange Vehicle.
What is the vehicle with the "box" on the back?
[Those are two different conveyances -- an electric hansom cab behind a carriage. - Dave]
A change or two
I couldn't get the view from the same location (unless you just want to look at a plain building and overgrown vegetation), but here's the view from the beginning of the Viaduct. The Viaduct, the road, and the river are about the only things that remain the same from the 1905 view. Oh, and Grant's Tomb is to the left of the photographer in the original photo.
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