1902 Central Park

[skylilly1]

I wonder if people still skate on the same lake today?? There's probably signs all over that say "NO SKATING"  Great video and love the comments..they crack me up!

[freakahurt]

1902 - all people wear black coats

2012 - all people wear black coats

[faridjabba]

all dead, bad, how thyive died i wonder, lots souls there, o h god, exisntece so scary too, what meaning of it anyway?

[wrestlefanatic77]

Life in 1902 was pleasant. 5 years later, that would change with the Panic of 1907.

[TheKassicRock]

Holy Crap, I'd be like god to these people.

[gayforlife2020]

All those people lived their interesting little lives - the ups/the downs - and they are probably all gone now. They took a certain elegance with them.

[kochamnalesniki]

It's nearly all men skating, I think I only saw two women. Isn't that weird?

[inlovewithi]

Technically as I write this in 2011, if a kid in this video was 5 years old or younger, they could still be alive. Technically.

[bphatboyjohn123]

@inlovewithi technically, but the chances are rare, and he would be about 114 years old, some people live that long but chances are their all dead.

[MrFukinfantastic]

Long live the Stock Market.

[ClassicHorrorDB]

It's funny to see almost everybody dressed in black

[fckboy96]

25.8. :D

my birthday :P

[nexttobeloweredd]

The boy at 0:31 probably thought ''Oh damnit, I fell! oh well, no one will remember it in a hundred years'' and here I am, replaying it over and over and laughing. This is so, so weird.

[bphatboyjohn123]

@nexttobeloweredd fuckin blew my mind,

[wokeupthismorning100]

@nexttobeloweredd in the year 2002

[menacinghat]

they seem so current and now. all the young children playing. it is as if this is all taking place right now. It is atleast to me. Strange to think they are all dead and gone forever

youtube will be a graveyard soon

[88Willhur]

How can this be August when they are skating?

[Thelookoutslookout]

Weird. This looks like it could be out in the woods somwehere

[RedRiverDreams]

i wonder if this is The Lake near Bethesda Fountain?

[Pedy1968]

RIP all the people here...everything is past, that makes me sad.

[JudgeJulieLit]

How purposeful, determined, proud, energetic, fast and skilled these skaters were !

[slippolives]

Looks crowded and disorderly, good to see things haven't changed

[legomaster335]

there are probably a handfull of people that lived to see this lol

[TheStrainers]

how cool, a few hundred Americans having a good time at a park in the city. We'll never see it like that again unless we....

[PR0GRAMMING]

A 108 year old fail. Tell failblog!

[MusicLight123]

Lol the kid at 0:31, would he have guessed that people would still see him fall 108 years later?

[TheNeonAngel]

@MusicLight123 ...lol and he struggled so much to get up again the poor thing

[peperopipina]

bet you my ipod touch 4g can take HD version of this

[tourguideStan]

Looks as though it's looking across the western part of the lake, eastward. The hills and woods behind would be in The Ramble.

TourguideStan

[argenainen]

winter and ice-skating in august? august, 25th?

[babelfish1012]

I'm sick of people commenting about how the people in these old videos are dead. Of course they are dead. Death is a part of life. Mourn them, but don't feel pity, for I'm sure that they loved, laughed and cried, and had the life experience during their time, just like we do now.

[JaxRun]

@babelfish1012 I don't think people are making fun. It's just shocking in a way. No one saw these videos until youtube. It's amazing to see all these people from well over a 100 yrs ago.

[plachuplachu]

awesome

[tippitytop1]

omg it loos sooooo frantic lolol

[MPL029]

that lake in the park never freezes over now. And its interesting how there are no females skating..only guys!

[scorpietta]

Actually one woman appears on the right side at 0:36, but you have to look hard (!).

[alejandrinus]

RIP everyone here...

[gatheringleaves]

Who cares if they're dead

Did YOU personally know them?

[dannyjar100]

You can still show respect to the dead, without personally knowing someone.

[gatheringleaves]

shut the hell up, they're dead and no one cares about them anymore so relax

[dannyjar100]

You're an idiot.

[MrMikenotts01]

@alejandrinus my thought exactly; I used to be fascinated by old film like this, but now (59) I think - well, you get my drift.....

[slamster]

haha one of the first videos ever and that kid fell over lol

[tomitstube]

lol, it's like edison said "ok, everybody start skating". those people are flying around like manics.

[rodstartube]

all those are corpses now

[acerb45666555]

like us but not like us. they would think a cell phone was the devils work!!

[thechaz83]

Not devils work but they'd think there is something wrong with us by our constant fiddling with it.

[carlosmiller]

NYC was already a crowded city back then!!! Wonderful short clip!

[MarkuPro]

nice

[syedjaafar]

lake? 0_o..ouh!

[legorret1]

Fimed in August ? I think that there is a mistake probably the winter 1902.

[Matt482942]

Nope. Its in August.

Just further proof of global warming.

[wwwchimpoutDOTcom]

the sound isnt working

[legorret1]

LOL at this time the sound was not available. The movie with sound apeared about 30 years later on the movies.

[garyturner96]

They didn't sound then mate.

[tomitstube]

funny!

[lander4545]

Hey! No fat people!

[exsxpx310]

they are going to fast, slow down you might run into someone.

[kyleekowgirl]

the guy at 0:31 keeps falling lol

and then at 0:45 a guy catches him!

[protoalfio]

there are not buildings on the background

[MutedProphet]

0:31 Kid bites it - right hand side, middle of screen

Lol, what was funny then, is STILL funny now

[KurtAngle4825]

? of course u only see white people, it's the 1890's

[gallantman44]

Only white people I see...

[zombie19844891]

it would be cool though.

[jasonjinx]

good post

[kid66625]

i bet no one got mugged back then

[albertrossington]

how much do you wanna bet kemosabe?

[zombie19844891]

i wondering if you can still skate on the lake in central park.

[exekuter666]

very nice !!!

[68NYC]

Thanks...

[Colddeed]

Groovy!