Posted on 11/03/2018 1:09:18 PM PDT by NRx
Who are YOU to judge?
You have NO idea where these folks are spending their eternity.
I was struck by how fancy everybody was dressed. They would have been horrified to see how many dress for church these days - flip flops, t-shirts, men unshaven, etc.
Towards the end, you could see a horse and carriage drive by. Also, towards the end of the video, you see a boy who appears to be somewhat lame. He took small mincing steps, stood still a couple of times as other children ran around him and finally moved out of the picture. He was all alone.
This was almost certainly an upper class group of people.
The coming World Wars would devastate this society. A very large percentage Europe's best men were killed off in those wars. This in large part allowed the United States to emerge as the world's greatest power as we were comparatively unscathed. The United States would have achieved dominance anyhow but the World Wars hastened that along considerably.
I’ve always wondered when did the hat and suit attire die out? I recall seeing baseball games in the 60s when they were still wearing both to simple old baseball games.
The comments on youtube from Europeans are depressing. They are almost COMPLETELY Godless. They so freelyband predictably scoff at religion with vitriol.
Victorian era women’s fashion resulted in frequent fainting from the restrictive clothing.
The first guy in a top hat was a jerk I thought for cutting off the working man carrying his daughter - coming down the sidewalk.
Upon review I think that the dandy in the top hat was focused on the camera - which must have been very obvious and an oddity of the day, and just didn’t see the guy and daughter. That’s what I hope happened anyway!
At least those boys gawking at the camera didn’t start jumping up and down and flashing gang signs!
Back in those days, it was filming. The term “video” did not come into usage until television was deployed. I remember.
Thank you for the post. I and my wife spent a pleasant part of the early afternoon viewing. I wonder if any other Freepers saw the complete presentation? Superb photographs of New York- then and now. Also other studies of people of the 1858 era. A real treat.
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