And to think that it happened on Mulberry Street

Posted on July 4, 2013 by The Old Wolf

(With apologies to Theodore Geisel.)

This 1900 Photocrom was taken on Mulberry Street in New York City. My grandparents immigrated to New York from Italy separately and met here; they arrived in around 1900. (Click the photo for a full-size version).

This is the kind of scene that would have greeted them; the detail is incredible. Notice the young chap in the foreground enjoying a beer.

Posted at /r/HistoryPorn by user The OneInThe Hat. Based on the addresses visible in the photos, he or she was also able to get a street view of the same perspective:

What a change in 113 years. I wonder what the area will look like in 2126?

The Old Wolf has spoken.

New York: Fraunce’s Tavern, 1900

Posted on October 12, 2012 by The Old Wolf

Click for full-size image. Found at Shorpy.

“Fraunce’s Tavern, Broad and Pearl Streets.” The building, which figured in the Revolutionary War, is said to be Manhattan’s oldest. [1] There are so many things to see in New York – this one probably never even got onto my radar during the 18 years I lived there.

This picture was taken the year my grandfather emigrated to New York from Italy.

The Old Wolf has spoken.

[1] Apparently this building, however, is not the original one that Washington knew, that having been destroyed in a fire with only one wall left standing. It has been rebuilt and remodeled several times – see the Wikipedia article.