2 a.m. in the Subway [1905]

Opens on a set of a subway platform, with two tracks on either side and stairs leading up to the exit. A policeman stretches and wearily sits on a box or crate, as a uniformed conductor awaits a train. A subway car arrives on the left side of the platform and the conductor opens the door. A well-dressed man with a cigar in his teeth exits with his arms around two women dressed in long skirts and jackets, gloves, and fancy hats. The trio laugh and stumble on the platform as if having a hilarious time, getting the attention of the policeman who attempts to stop their bawdy behavior. Another train arrives on the right track. A man heading for that car in a tweed suit and bowler is briefly stopped by the merry trio and joins them in a laugh. As this passenger boards the train, the policeman and conductor discuss the troublemakers left on the platform. One of the women causes a sensation by raising her skirt and revealing striped stockings as her male companion bends to tie her bootlace, with the other male traveler ogling her out the subway car window.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• subway
• stations
• Transit
• police
• vaudeville

[wednesday181]

Heavens to betsy, a knee! What harlots!

[piniarosa]

Those women must've been prostitutes, hehe. It's way past the (what would be considered back then as an appropriate) bed time for respectable girls

[MasterMark123]

odd but all I could think about was .." look at all that fabric everyone was swimming in ... and all natural blends at that " ...no polyester or plastics !!

[ziggycat999]

Nice to see nothing much has changed 105 years later on the subway. Drunks at 2am.

[gpc]

Being a regular rider of the New York subway in the wee hours of the morning, I can tell you that not much has changed in 105 years.