I would like to be there at 4:15 when the boys are talking to an old verteran of the Civil War.
Very neat. The images feel more “alive” colorized. Especially like the pic of the young boys listening to the old Civil War Union soldier.
It's a shame that photography was not invented until well into the 1800s. Would be amazing to have photographs of Colonial America or even Medieval Europe. Of course, that's a ludicrous wish, but wouldn't that be something.
I've got many in my collection but none like that, mostly famous places.
Some interesting comments under the video.
Until I stumbled forward to the 1920’s era Smithsonian “color version” of America, I enjoyed very much seeing your link to 1900’s old New York.
Down hill Smithsonian spends the “full feature” showing the very worst of America.
The Smithsonian doesn’t much like the USA, do they. I got that part. No balance.
Cool! Thanks for posting. My Dad’s family arrived from Danzig in 1927, a few years after many of these photos were taken. They lived in a row house in NYC a few years before saving enough to move up to Westchester. The pics of the boys could have been taken of my Dad. It looks like the stories he used to tell.
Neat stuff... thanks !
There’s a song by the group Shillelagh Law, called “When New York Was Irish”. It reminds me of this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiI31u2YtWk
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Nice, but...sorry to be picky...at about 3:50 there’s an image of the Tashmoo. I’m pretty sure it was never afloat anywhere near New York. It was a steamboat on the Great Lakes.
Neat