I know im asking a dumb question but i'm just wondering where could i get the camera that thomas edison used to film this? also did you need a battery to power the camera's back then or was it all mechanical? and are there any remenants of the early 20th century?
@metalguy098 Not sure if they are still there.. but I used to work at a place in Los Angeles, CA called Moletown. They had a huge collection of old-time movie cameras and such. But not sure if they are still around. And they were probably fairly expensive.. but maybe they could "direct" (heehee) you to more info on where to purchase.
Well, now we know where Marilyn Monroe's iconic scene in "Seven Year Itch" may have come from. Marilyn just took her time and probably enjoyed herself more than this lady. You don't suppose Mr. Edison set this one up, do you? "No, we don't make the news, we just report it!"
How adorable! Everytime I see these old clips I wonder how long these people lived, what they did with their lives, and where they're buried today. I don't recognize 23rd street. New York is both changeless and transformative at the same time.
Cool. I live on 20th Street. Is this 23rd between 7th and 8th Ave.? I think that may be the Chelsea Hotel across the street and if so this footage was shot from where "Boston Chicken" now stands.
Little would she know, 109 years later, people would be making comments over an unimaginable communications system about how her dress mishap predated a similar staged act performed by an actress 50 years in her future. An act, she would no doubtedly describe as an unimaginably offensive scene, to which we regard as an iconic image of a simpler and more innocent time.
haha :D crazy how technology is. i think she was kinda embarrassed there and she hoped that not a lot of people would have seen it. now, 2010, 109 years later, there are 7 billion people who have the possibility to see her little accident.. imagine you would have told her that on that day :) she probably would have gone mad :)
this is where the term "twenty-three skidoo" comes from at the intersection of Fifth Avenue/Broadway and 23rd Street in Manhattan due to the wind catching the ladies' skirts. The "coppers" would chase away the men enjoying a glimpse of a lady in less than Victorian manner.NY's premier skyscraper is there from that time-The Flatiron Building which resembles an iron due to the architectural design in conjuction with the Avenues. These early scenes are amazing as part of the national fabric.
And I thought Marilyn Monroe was the first to do the dress flying up over the subway grate... And seeing a little leg was considered very daring back in early 1900's
That`s around 440 W.23rd street between 9th and 10th. In the background is the old high line train tracks which where built in 1847 are still there to this day but closed and used as gardens and walkways although the tracks are still there.
What you can't see or even sense in this video are the revolting smells of the big city. Horse pee and poop was everywhere, to say nothing of the vile cruelty inflicted on the animals that pulled the wagons. A horse hit by a streetcar was a common event. The screeching of horses in fear or pain would stay in the minds of those who lived during this and earlier periods.
@zeekwolfe forget horse pee and horse poop... how about human faeces and urine thrown on the thoroughfare? everyone used to just dump their piss and shit out the window in the morning, right onto the street... so every time you see a cowboy or victorian gentleman fall down into the mud of the street in the movies? that wasnt really mud, in real life =)
@pettyofficer30 I simply made a comment on the video. Do you talk to every one like you just did to me? What did I say that would cause you to call me a name?
@pettyofficer30 Class never goes out of style. If you had class, your writing style would show it. Calling people names is not a mark of distinction. Using an obscene word for sexual intercourse in a written communication lacks refinement.
@zeekwolfe My thoughts exactly in regards to the smells. Anytime you see a movie depicting a period scene from the old west esp., the streets look so clean. I imagine that a lot of folks chose to wear dark clothes because of that.
Oh, I agree with your comments in regards to courtesy and communication. Thank you!
@Doleafol ,,HA,HA I thought the same thing, now we know where it was copied from!Not orginial at all.The lady wd never have believed that 100 yrs, afterwards ,ppl wd watch her on utube!
It gives us a impression of this couple beeing probably senior citizens bcause of the clothing and stuff, but they could very well be in their 20's. People use to marry very early in life and we can tell by both agility that they were young. If they were lets say 25 each, they were born in 1875 and there is a possibility that they could have only passed on in the 60's or even early 70's... just supositions of course... :)
It gives us a impression of this couple beeing probably senior citizens bcause of the clothing and stuff, but they could very well be in their 20's. People use to marry very early in life and we can tell by both agility that they were young. If they were lets say 25 each, they were born in 1875 and there is a possibility that they could have only passed on in the 60's or even early 70's... just supositions of course... :)
@camnun at least in the US nowadays, ppl still get marry so young I don't even know why, I know ppl from there that are younger than me (I'm 21) and they're already married in their own house and with children; while I'm living with my mom and going to the movies or a restaurant with her and my younger sister =S
In other countries ppl usually get marry in the 30s or never (like a large number of ppl in Europe).
Who would have thought that a hundred years later Islamic fundamentalists in giant flying passenger ships would crash into and take down the tallest buildings in the city.
wow your great grandma is so ancient, my older great grandfather wasn't born yet, he was born is 1913, my other great granpas were born in the early 20s
Hats were used as a Class Symbol, the rich, middle and poor wore different hats. Now there is not much different between classes anymore, they don't choose to, although at weddings etc they prove to be popular.
Im not exactly a history buff but for some reason lately iv been watching a lot of this stuff and this has to be my fave so far ... Is that a tram that goes by ? Did marlyn monroe copy this ?
there is an updraft from the grill over the sewer cover on the street.. notice that no one else is effected and that the lady before avoided the grill all together. I think edison staged this by have'n the lady walk toward the camera..
I like this video. I do wonder if perhaps Edison was somewhat hoping that something like this would happen - I mean the camera is set up right in front of the air vent. Also, notice the couple slow down just before her dress starts to be exposed? Was it staged? I guess we will never know but it's a great piece of New York history anyway.
@NYBredBamaFed Good point - Edison knew what he was doing... Maybe this is part of the '23-Skidoo' story in which men would hang around by the tip of the Flatiron Building @23rd Street where there were usually gusts of wind created by the iron-shaped building which would blow the women's skirts up and the cop stationed there would have to tell them "SKIDDOO!"
oh! not deep really.. just a thought... but i would love to walk down that street with those people me dressed in todays clothes and my mobile would ring,,, see there reaction.. lol
There wasnt a titanic by then, i am happy that my parents give brith to me in 1984, we have toutch screen celphones by know ;) in that time they use msn messenger on paper and pencile :p
i bet she never knew how many more people would watch that, she was looking around when the millions of viewers were right in front of her in that little box, oldest failblog entry perhaps?
Actually it looks like the husband stepped back to get a better look at first...before he wised up and helped his wife out of her unfortunate situation... =O
Yea, half the time that I try to make a gag either nobody gets it or they take it seriously. I still try though, nobodys funnybone should suffer if it ain't violent or sick.
This is where the saying "23 Skedoo" came from, young men would wait for women to walk over the subway grates and for their dresses to be blown upward and get a free show. The police officer on patrol would say to the youngsters - "This is 23rd street, SKEDOO!" It was later shortened to "23 skedoo"
omg thats exactly what i was thinking while watching this vid.. i was like.. oke.. theyre the are.. and 90 years later i was born and all those ppl are just like dead now.. really freaky.. its like we make a vid of 2008.. and then 90 yrs later other ppl watch it and think the same thing.. and we will be like dead. ieuw
People don't know but that is how the idea came from to steer motor vehicles. Watching these carriages do steering. It also was cheaper to maintain and used no gas.
I am fascinated by the way everybody keeps pointing out that everyone in this 107 year old footage is dead. Hell, you can watch any 40 year old episode of "Bonanza" and make that same observance.
I love watching these old clips, it is like looking at another world. Can you imagine how slowly time must have passed without TV/Radio/Web making us aware of every moment of the day?
None of those people could imagine that one day, anywhere on earth, we could be watching them on a computer screen. Fascinating! The world has changed so much in 100 years, more than in 2000 years before....
let me see this was 1901.......... so 106 years ago... the majority of people on this clip appear to be in the late 30s early 40s, and one a couple i noticed looked about 60. horses dont have a life span of more than about 15 years the very most, so here we go the eery facts :
It's not sad if they lived full lives...what's sad is if any of them were taken before their time. At that time, if a person lived through the first five or so years of their life, they had a pretty good chance to live a full life.
mademoiselle... ;)
6DeepKey9 20 hours ago
that is SO cool
umadbro201182 2 weeks ago
This was pretty cool.. except where Edison cut out the part where her dress flipped up @_@
notBMW18 3 months ago
people just walk across the steet without thinking about cars that might hit them. Like we have to do today. But theres mostly horses here so.
krollaostmedburger 4 months ago
0:37 - The world's first video troll.
Toxiclevideos 4 months ago 3
crazy traffic
dede007110 5 months ago
Cute but contrived.
BMWLDRider 6 months ago
Now, I know where Billy Wilder had got the idea for his famous Marilyn Monroe scene for his movie from :)
pedowife4kids 7 months ago
Marylin's granma :P ?
Nostalgico80 7 months ago
the original marilyn monroe!
budafranklin 7 months ago 8
I know im asking a dumb question but i'm just wondering where could i get the camera that thomas edison used to film this? also did you need a battery to power the camera's back then or was it all mechanical? and are there any remenants of the early 20th century?
thanks metalguy098
metalguy098 8 months ago
@metalguy098 hand cranked. Nil power required. The film reacted as it exposed to the light.
alstar70 5 months ago
@metalguy098 Not sure if they are still there.. but I used to work at a place in Los Angeles, CA called Moletown. They had a huge collection of old-time movie cameras and such. But not sure if they are still around. And they were probably fairly expensive.. but maybe they could "direct" (heehee) you to more info on where to purchase.
omiswheretheheartis 5 months ago
was that a Drag queen @ :55? O^O
Dreambro1 9 months ago
In 100 years, HD will look like this to them.
TheSecondEvolution 9 months ago
@TheSecondEvolution LOL< to me HD looks like that NOW. you have to have HD on these new TVs to get what old CRTs gave you 30 years ago!
Dreambro1 9 months ago
thats me at 0:36
longfootbuddy 9 months ago
@longfootbuddy were you pullin the carriage on the left or the right? O^O ?
Dreambro1 9 months ago
@Dreambro1 neither
longfootbuddy 8 months ago
I'm surprised she didn't get arrested for indecent exposure.
peteo100 9 months ago
Imagine seeing Imperial German soldiers marching through just like in the novel 1901.
GSPatton89 11 months ago
My wife told the kids in school ,she had some film in her camera , they all said Whats film ?
1952kid 11 months ago
I think someone was looking out from a window in the building, and said something to the wife that made her smile.
Bryantsreeves 1 year ago
they are all dead by now but this video gaved them life
NickTheGreek4umyMILF 1 year ago 3
That made my day!
Poultrygeist99 1 year ago
Well, now we know where Marilyn Monroe's iconic scene in "Seven Year Itch" may have come from. Marilyn just took her time and probably enjoyed herself more than this lady. You don't suppose Mr. Edison set this one up, do you? "No, we don't make the news, we just report it!"
McGrenzer 1 year ago
I like the dress flying up, "Smile, you're on Candid Camera!"
slippolives 1 year ago
How adorable! Everytime I see these old clips I wonder how long these people lived, what they did with their lives, and where they're buried today. I don't recognize 23rd street. New York is both changeless and transformative at the same time.
clamend123 1 year ago
Cool. I live on 20th Street. Is this 23rd between 7th and 8th Ave.? I think that may be the Chelsea Hotel across the street and if so this footage was shot from where "Boston Chicken" now stands.
TamarZucker 1 year ago
any mexican at that time?
aldomovielovers 1 year ago
today, she would've sued the HVAC company, sued the building owner, went on Oprah, MSNBC, CNN, and been a household name for about a week.
rickster348 1 year ago
Little would she know, 109 years later, people would be making comments over an unimaginable communications system about how her dress mishap predated a similar staged act performed by an actress 50 years in her future. An act, she would no doubtedly describe as an unimaginably offensive scene, to which we regard as an iconic image of a simpler and more innocent time.
johnny861 1 year ago 21
looks like most famous filmscene from "The 7 year itch"' with Marilyn Monroe.
cyclonesupercell 1 year ago
@cyclonesupercell Sorry, cyclone, I repeated your comment without doing my homework. Please forgive me!
McGrenzer 1 year ago
It appears that someone off camera gave her a "Woo Hoo" or some other similar comment that made her go "Oh yeah. Great. Thanks."
19florydory00 1 year ago
Lady: Oh my gosh my dress flew up!
Man: Don't worry 100 years from now noone is going to care!
nagaempress 1 year ago
haha :D crazy how technology is. i think she was kinda embarrassed there and she hoped that not a lot of people would have seen it. now, 2010, 109 years later, there are 7 billion people who have the possibility to see her little accident.. imagine you would have told her that on that day :) she probably would have gone mad :)
sk83502 1 year ago
Hey look...No bumper to bumper cabs or cars.
4SCARECROWS 1 year ago
this is where the term "twenty-three skidoo" comes from at the intersection of Fifth Avenue/Broadway and 23rd Street in Manhattan due to the wind catching the ladies' skirts. The "coppers" would chase away the men enjoying a glimpse of a lady in less than Victorian manner.NY's premier skyscraper is there from that time-The Flatiron Building which resembles an iron due to the architectural design in conjuction with the Avenues. These early scenes are amazing as part of the national fabric.
OSTARAEB4 1 year ago
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quite retro...
Jormaattori112 1 year ago
quite retro..
Jormaattori112 1 year ago
lol what a whore
natureperson420 1 year ago
And I thought Marilyn Monroe was the first to do the dress flying up over the subway grate... And seeing a little leg was considered very daring back in early 1900's
rclark231 1 year ago
That`s around 440 W.23rd street between 9th and 10th. In the background is the old high line train tracks which where built in 1847 are still there to this day but closed and used as gardens and walkways although the tracks are still there.
JamesTKirkCobain 1 year ago
Wow....long before "7 Year Itch".!
debgibsonfan 1 year ago
What you can't see or even sense in this video are the revolting smells of the big city. Horse pee and poop was everywhere, to say nothing of the vile cruelty inflicted on the animals that pulled the wagons. A horse hit by a streetcar was a common event. The screeching of horses in fear or pain would stay in the minds of those who lived during this and earlier periods.
zeekwolfe 1 year ago 3
@zeekwolfe forget horse pee and horse poop... how about human faeces and urine thrown on the thoroughfare? everyone used to just dump their piss and shit out the window in the morning, right onto the street... so every time you see a cowboy or victorian gentleman fall down into the mud of the street in the movies? that wasnt really mud, in real life =)
enjoy your lunch.
hcvang 1 year ago
@zeekwolfe NO SHIT! It's 1901! Just as many cities in AMERICA back then. Do you really think they had any choice? DUMB ASS..
pettyofficer30 1 year ago
@pettyofficer30 I simply made a comment on the video. Do you talk to every one like you just did to me? What did I say that would cause you to call me a name?
zeekwolfe 1 year ago
@pettyofficer30 Class never goes out of style. If you had class, your writing style would show it. Calling people names is not a mark of distinction. Using an obscene word for sexual intercourse in a written communication lacks refinement.
zeekwolfe 1 year ago
@zeekwolfe My thoughts exactly in regards to the smells. Anytime you see a movie depicting a period scene from the old west esp., the streets look so clean. I imagine that a lot of folks chose to wear dark clothes because of that.
Oh, I agree with your comments in regards to courtesy and communication. Thank you!
scorpietta 1 year ago
this was taken on Wednesday, September 11, 1901. presicly.
TLJAWSIMIB 1 year ago 2
amazing. thanks for showing this!!!!!!
mrkaa001 1 year ago
This may seem to be a stupid question, but did the horses know how to make a K turn back then?
spectrum10 1 year ago
23 Skidoo!!! nice!
jennifer1023 1 year ago
what a bunch of uppity mofos. Im glad I dont live in such a boring period.
wtfudimbo 1 year ago
@wtfudimbo Boring period??? Are you being serious or just ignorant?
xvfrott120Q 1 year ago
@wtfudimbo Boring period? Are you serious or just an ignorant?
xvfrott120Q 1 year ago
Its so strange to see the people and how the cities were there, and thinking that all theese people are dead now..
anytuts 1 year ago
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Nice to see the place before all the darkies moved in, and ruined the place.
Joel2Dope 1 year ago
At least you didn't have to pay the high gas prices of today. All you have to worry is about picking up the excrement of the horses.
prmass1 1 year ago
Wow! 109 years ago! This is amazing footage! Where did you find all of this?
PurseDogTV 1 year ago
it was "new amsterdam''
Loeskedegexte 1 year ago
Its just like my Cellphone
axoxg13 1 year ago
Who knew? Long before Marilyn Monroe's famous scene over the grate...
Doleafol 1 year ago 3
@Doleafol ,,HA,HA I thought the same thing, now we know where it was copied from!Not orginial at all.The lady wd never have believed that 100 yrs, afterwards ,ppl wd watch her on utube!
estelle715 1 year ago
She has a good sense of humor and took that well!
scorpietta 1 year ago 2
the marylin monroe of the 1900's decade
lol
patmix 1 year ago
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It gives us a impression of this couple beeing probably senior citizens bcause of the clothing and stuff, but they could very well be in their 20's. People use to marry very early in life and we can tell by both agility that they were young. If they were lets say 25 each, they were born in 1875 and there is a possibility that they could have only passed on in the 60's or even early 70's... just supositions of course... :)
Camnun 2 years ago
It gives us a impression of this couple beeing probably senior citizens bcause of the clothing and stuff, but they could very well be in their 20's. People use to marry very early in life and we can tell by both agility that they were young. If they were lets say 25 each, they were born in 1875 and there is a possibility that they could have only passed on in the 60's or even early 70's... just supositions of course... :)
Camnun 2 years ago
@camnun at least in the US nowadays, ppl still get marry so young I don't even know why, I know ppl from there that are younger than me (I'm 21) and they're already married in their own house and with children; while I'm living with my mom and going to the movies or a restaurant with her and my younger sister =S
In other countries ppl usually get marry in the 30s or never (like a large number of ppl in Europe).
JuanPaBJxGothic 1 year ago
that was no accident!
thedsearch 2 years ago
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spirmessi 2 years ago
i was shooting that movie, when i visit to new york in 1901. GOD BLASS AMERICA
shaazad 2 years ago
hahahahahahaha 1:10 - 1:15 LOL. funny as.
sixspeed2 2 years ago
Who would have thought that a hundred years later Islamic fundamentalists in giant flying passenger ships would crash into and take down the tallest buildings in the city.
whiskeyspray 2 years ago 7
Can you imagine that some of this people are over 160 years old or more!!!
grigoriosokratis 2 years ago 5
wow! in this video my great great grandfather was a child
JuanPaBJxGothic 2 years ago 3
my great grandma is probably in her 20's already at that time. she was born on 1880 or something
japeeisalwaysthebest 1 year ago
wow your great grandma is so ancient, my older great grandfather wasn't born yet, he was born is 1913, my other great granpas were born in the early 20s
JuanPaBJxGothic 1 year ago
my great grandma died at 99 yrs old. my older sister became close to her. I haven't seen my great grandma but I have seen her old pics.
japeeisalwaysthebest 1 year ago
Great video!! Thanks a lot for sharing!!
maryjulie2 2 years ago 3
LOL @ 1:12
Simba92 2 years ago
lol the first monroe....
zombiiination 2 years ago 3
NO LOL @ 1:12
logitechnc 2 years ago
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audgeyp 2 years ago
I think you could be ticketed for appearing in public without a hat.
Richardddoobies 2 years ago
she took it very welll predates Marilyn's version of the wind up dresss
hehehehe
hornybodhisattva 2 years ago 2
I live on 23rd and 3rd lol
blink182zeppelin 2 years ago
I used to live on that corner.
hairofbullets 2 years ago
Amazing!
aquino46 2 years ago
Safe to say that everyone in this clip are dead. Notice EVERYONE is wearing a hat! Just timeless!
estelle715 2 years ago 4
I know! When did people stop wearing hats?
audgeyp 2 years ago
Hats were used as a Class Symbol, the rich, middle and poor wore different hats. Now there is not much different between classes anymore, they don't choose to, although at weddings etc they prove to be popular.
joeizhere 2 years ago 2
Yes. Lovely. And sad.
3589546 2 years ago
i like her smile ..RIP miss ????
faizan789 2 years ago 3
Im not exactly a history buff but for some reason lately iv been watching a lot of this stuff and this has to be my fave so far ... Is that a tram that goes by ? Did marlyn monroe copy this ?
GrappleMania01 2 years ago 2
there is an updraft from the grill over the sewer cover on the street.. notice that no one else is effected and that the lady before avoided the grill all together. I think edison staged this by have'n the lady walk toward the camera..
GOPHATESAMERICA 2 years ago 4
I like this video. I do wonder if perhaps Edison was somewhat hoping that something like this would happen - I mean the camera is set up right in front of the air vent. Also, notice the couple slow down just before her dress starts to be exposed? Was it staged? I guess we will never know but it's a great piece of New York history anyway.
NYBredBamaFed 2 years ago 16
@NYBredBamaFed everything slowed if you look around the frame. Remember it was a hand crank.
nagaempress 1 year ago
@NYBredBamaFed Good point - Edison knew what he was doing... Maybe this is part of the '23-Skidoo' story in which men would hang around by the tip of the Flatiron Building @23rd Street where there were usually gusts of wind created by the iron-shaped building which would blow the women's skirts up and the cop stationed there would have to tell them "SKIDDOO!"
dam2630 6 months ago
a 100 year old smile/laugh caught forever. Lovely.
marvy1118 2 years ago 33
great video
matrags 2 years ago
Wow, I would love for someone to see me in 100 years.
goatcheese2 2 years ago
My god! That breeze almost exposed that woman's ankles!
B3D5X 2 years ago 4
would she ever believe that people would. see her in 2009
bolanboogie59 2 years ago 5
deep.
B3D5X 2 years ago
what is?
bolanboogie59 2 years ago
wondering if she would ever believe we were watching her 108 years later.
B3D5X 2 years ago
oh! not deep really.. just a thought... but i would love to walk down that street with those people me dressed in todays clothes and my mobile would ring,,, see there reaction.. lol
bolanboogie59 2 years ago 2
would love to park a ferrari there.. imagine the looks.love these films..
bolanboogie59 2 years ago
she is dead ..RIP miss ???
faizan789 2 years ago
And know you gona get a ticken when youre horse does that :S i am glad it is 2009 ;)
zombie19844891 2 years ago
There wasnt a titanic by then, i am happy that my parents give brith to me in 1984, we have toutch screen celphones by know ;) in that time they use msn messenger on paper and pencile :p
zombie19844891 2 years ago
i bet she never knew how many more people would watch that, she was looking around when the millions of viewers were right in front of her in that little box, oldest failblog entry perhaps?
footiemad87 2 years ago
so this is where Marlyn Monroe got the blowing of the skirt idea. No originality.
ryandasissoto 2 years ago 2
That lady was cute. Shame she's dead.
inkstersco 2 years ago 4
SHE MUST BE REALLY OLD BY NOW.
jaker303 2 years ago
lol, i tink shes dead now.. xD
igonnagetfsx 2 years ago
She tried to cover up but by that point i had saw everything it was too late i saw it all =)
phillitupp 2 years ago
1:07 - 1:17 HAHAHAHA and even THEY were cracking up haha!! lol too funny.
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GuinevereJuliet 3 years ago
Looking at the date on this film...this was about two weeks before President William McKinley was assassinated in Buffalo, NY...random, I know...
BSNFabricating 3 years ago
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
Actually it looks like the husband stepped back to get a better look at first...before he wised up and helped his wife out of her unfortunate situation... =O
BSNFabricating 3 years ago
Beat Marilyn Monroe by 50 years
stencil62 3 years ago
It is great to look at a time
when John Mccain was growing up.
It is a shame we didn't elect him
as President of the United States along
with his great great great granddaughter Sarah Palin.
Dave985033 3 years ago 2
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BoboBerlinsky 3 years ago
because of our violent culture maybe?
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marvy1118 2 years ago
absolutly fantastic
ceraunavolta 3 years ago
I'm speechless...
AshKnight80 3 years ago
The husband probably kicked fuck out of her for that when they got home
FinanceBoy001 3 years ago
Yep, I think so too :/
SweetCookie91 3 years ago
my grate grandpa wuz born in 1901
davidoisthehero2293 3 years ago
Good to see that people had a sense of humor back then
journeymanX 3 years ago 8
Yea, half the time that I try to make a gag either nobody gets it or they take it seriously. I still try though, nobodys funnybone should suffer if it ain't violent or sick.
CyDaSnake 3 years ago 2
This is where the saying "23 Skedoo" came from, young men would wait for women to walk over the subway grates and for their dresses to be blown upward and get a free show. The police officer on patrol would say to the youngsters - "This is 23rd street, SKEDOO!" It was later shortened to "23 skedoo"
threephase69 3 years ago
it freacks me out to watch this kind oof video´s. i mean all pf those people are dead now. omg.. just scarry .. :s
snuttjessi 3 years ago
omg thats exactly what i was thinking while watching this vid.. i was like.. oke.. theyre the are.. and 90 years later i was born and all those ppl are just like dead now.. really freaky.. its like we make a vid of 2008.. and then 90 yrs later other ppl watch it and think the same thing.. and we will be like dead. ieuw
Kikkertjj 3 years ago
yeah. I´m facinated though.
It´s such a big diffrens, like the clothes and the cars.
I live in Sweden and here´s new york like a really big thing. like THE city. if you´ve been there it´s like; " WOW really, are you kidding !? ".
And now ´the new york-" livers " on this movie are dead. REALLY CREEPIE ! :o
snuttjessi 3 years ago
xD
i love it!
MlleAnetka 3 years ago
People don't know but that is how the idea came from to steer motor vehicles. Watching these carriages do steering. It also was cheaper to maintain and used no gas.
prmass1 3 years ago
Interesting how the horse drawn carriage on the left does a complete 180 degree turn and starts coming down the street on the right side.
The marilyn munroe fan must be from the ventilation exhause of the subway operating under the street.
meaningofdance 3 years ago
New York didn't have subways yet in 1901.
gpc 3 years ago
That kid at the end is like, "Sup man, I'm dead."
tedoldot424 3 years ago 2
Hahaha! Wonderful!
vickaronomie 3 years ago 3
Beautiful old New York. Horses instead of cars :)
SyberkaPL 3 years ago 5
axaly we always had cars have you ever herd of a 1886 Benz ? .
ilove1994 3 years ago
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no sound? PFFFFFF
superwoofer2007 3 years ago
I am fascinated by the way everybody keeps pointing out that everyone in this 107 year old footage is dead. Hell, you can watch any 40 year old episode of "Bonanza" and make that same observance.
IDLERACER 3 years ago 6
how you know lol there people that live to over a 100
andrewbklynny1 3 years ago 3
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everyone on this film is now dead.
jste77 3 years ago
Marylin Monroe was not the first, it seems...
I agree with tonymaka...it's the closest thing to time travel we have.
LadyAdokenai 3 years ago 6
I like the kid in the background staring at the camera the whole time.
tapper36 3 years ago 4
It's amazing that everyone in this video... let alone everyone in the city at that time is dead.
ITOMIC85 4 years ago
The skirt blowing up there on 23rd St. is one version of the origin of the phrase "23 skidoo." This is great. Thanks for posting!!
freestuffffff 4 years ago 3
thank you mr teacher i wont do it again
manolisvarnassinger 4 years ago
Great and very precious image of these days. By the lady I must think to Marilyn. A icon of the 20th century
Ofarim 4 years ago
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I hate the 20th sentury lol
manolisvarnassinger 4 years ago
This was taken in 1901 a.k.a the 20th century.
What's worse is that you spelt century sentury.
OkJinxed 4 years ago 3
nobody is talking on their cell phone
bitterchew 4 years ago 9
I love watching these old clips, it is like looking at another world. Can you imagine how slowly time must have passed without TV/Radio/Web making us aware of every moment of the day?
tonymaka 4 years ago 7
WHERE THE HELL IS MOZZARELLIS
poodlemcmuffin 4 years ago
The premonicion of Marylin Monroe. 25 years before her birth =P
RetroArcaicoRex 4 years ago
None of those people could imagine that one day, anywhere on earth, we could be watching them on a computer screen. Fascinating! The world has changed so much in 100 years, more than in 2000 years before....
Bearneeve 4 years ago 9
got to love the good old days
yeoldfisherman 4 years ago
Thomas Edison a first again ? captured the updraft of the lady's dress before the photographer did the Marilyn Monroe one.
GenericGene 4 years ago
let me see this was 1901.......... so 106 years ago... the majority of people on this clip appear to be in the late 30s early 40s, and one a couple i noticed looked about 60. horses dont have a life span of more than about 15 years the very most, so here we go the eery facts :
horses: dead about 90 years (im guessing)
the old man with the beard: dead about 80 years
virtually everyone on here (dead about 50 years).
sad but probably true
funkehboy 4 years ago 2
It's not sad if they lived full lives...what's sad is if any of them were taken before their time. At that time, if a person lived through the first five or so years of their life, they had a pretty good chance to live a full life.
BSNFabricating 3 years ago
The air-up-the-skirt was staged, I'm sure.
carrotville 4 years ago 3
I agree SpikeJonze, it's very eery. Everyone in that film are dead..
Syroco 5 years ago
cool video
you can just feel the life of the city!
AndrogynousNoise 5 years ago
That is so cool seeing the old clothing styles. And the horse carriages.
Memories2383 5 years ago