Historical Video: 1911 4k 60 FPS footage New York City (Tip Top Bread truck)

[Bobbycee]

Thanks for posting this. Very cool! I noticed a few men with missing legs. Given their ages, probable Civil War vets. For sure, so many pictured at least had contact with a fresh new T206 that same day!

[crispycards]

Good eye picking out the truck and the Flat Iron. I always thought that that was such an incredible building!

Anther thing that I noticed is right at the 1:50 mark - there is a clear view of a cigar shop right there (!) that any one of these guys could be going into and buying a pack of Piedmonts or Sweet Caps. Imagine!

Chris

[Rhotchkiss]

Very cool video. What struck me is that it’s really not all that different 100 years later. Sure, today there different clothes, neon signs and billboards, more cars, social diversity, but all-in-all I get the sense the feel along the streets were very similar to today.

Thanks for sharing