Boarding School Girls At Coney Island 1905

The young ladies from Miss Knapp's Select School have an outing at Coney Island, NY in 1905. Transferred from a 35mm ptint. Footage from this subject may be licensed from www.globalimageworks.com

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• New
• York
• City
• Coney
• Island
• Dreamland
• amusement
• park
• beach
• 1900s
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• early
• bus

[agprincess013]

This is beautiful, and tragic.

Life isn't like this anymore.

Society isn't like this anymore.

And, most unfortunately, people aren't like this anymore...

[ETThExtraTerrestrial]

What did they jump onto in the beginning! A Sherman tank! Hey girls lets get to the dress store, jump into the battering-ram.

[SittingMooseShaman]

...P.S. ...looks as though Miss Knapp had failed to instruct her young ladies as to the "proper" way a young woman rides a horse side-saddle...as opposed to spreading th' ol' bloomers. ...as an aside -what went on in NYC of yore...UNDER the walkways hither there was a wonder(and a ho -o' two')...to behold... ...now 'bout 'em sam-itches, m' ladies...

[SittingMooseShaman]

...h-m-m-m. I'm surprised the "make us some sam-itches while you're in Hells' Kitchen" guy hasn't struck the comments yet...

[agprincess013]

@Direness Yes, I am aware, but I also romanticize in my work. I do that in my life as well, or else I wouldn't get by with the mess that is America today. I'm an idealist, tis what I do ;)

[Direness]

@Direness I should say "forgetting or ignoring"

[Direness]

@agprincess013 The danger in romanticizing history is that it leads to ignoring or ignoring the reality of what was wrong with any particular period. This period of pride, hedonism, opulence, aristocratic rule, and a thirst to prove manhood through great battle, combined with the new psudeo-philosophical attitudes towards people and advances in science - the MORALS lead to a terrible war with 35 MILLION casualties.

[agprincess013]

@searchanddiscover Oh no, I really didn't mean to insult you in any way, I'm sorry. All I'm saying is that I like to romanticize things - that's just the way I think, because I see no reason not to. I don't mean offense at all. I love history, but I'm also an artist, so tha'ts probably all the explanation I need.

[searchanddiscover]

@agprincess013

I am a history major. Sure people don't have morals today but its not like they were perfect.

And please don't try and make assumptions that I don't appreciate or understand history or enjoy it. I just don't try to glamorize or pretend that it was something that it wasn't based on a video that intentionally shows only one aspect of life albeit more than likely scripted.

[agprincess013]

@searchanddiscover Well, yeah, but people have no morals today. You really can't deny that. Plus, romanticism is fine with me. That's my style. I enjoy things like this because I understand, appreciate, and have a connection with the time. Some people don't.

[searchanddiscover]

@agprincess013

No offense, but there are certain things about that society I am glad we don't have anymore. Videos always paint certain times to be better than they truly were.

[searchanddiscover]

for some reason I can't help but think that somewhere in that city there will be someone alive that will die on Titanic.

I am weird....