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Great image and capture

A fine family group. I suspect that the man on the right is a naval Petty Officer and not a civilian.

The sailor on the left has a badge on his right arm that looks like it could be a Royal Navy physical trainer badge 2nd class which was a pair of crossed clubs with a star above and a star below. Swordscookie I think you are right about the officer on the right not being a civilian. Its difficult to see exactly whats on his collar badge but it looks like two crossed guns with a star above which would indicate a gunlayer, if they are crossed torpedos that would indicate a leading torpedo man. I believe the stripes on the right sleeves of both mens uniforms indicate overseas service, one stripe for each 12 months.

Paul O'Farrell Swordscookie Damn! So am I completely wrong about the White Star Line? I just vaguely remember something identified ages ago by RETRO STU as White Star, but more than willing to sit corrected...

love the symmetry

It's still there, see Google Streetview here.

It's even still called the Saratoga.

This was published as a colour postcard by A.H. Poole

Paul O'Farrell I had almost forgotten we had this one! Spent most of my childhood holidays at Woodstown, although I was way too young to be frequenting "The Sara"!

P.S. You might like this blog post about our Lawrence Postcard Series...

Woodstown is still a favourite place for me and of course have to stop at the Saratoga for a pint or two whenever I'm home.
Thanks for the Blog link, enjoyed that very much.

Paul O'Farrell You're very welcome, Paul.

i wish i was born in the 1910s and witnessed this orphans going to coney island in autos and have this photos as one of my souveneirs. 'great photos'...

Just like another LOC photo, this was taken on the north side of New York City's Union Square, on East 17th Street to be specific. In fact, I've found a modern photo on flickr (not mine, btw) whose scope and angle closely matches this one! It seems that all of the buildings on Union Square East in this photo--save for the very tall one on the right--are gone, but that many (maybe all) of the ones behind them are still around.

This was the seventh annual auto excursion of Brooklyn orphans to Coney Island, sponsored by volunteer drivers from the Automobile Club, according to this NYT story: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9E04E...

This image has been used in the indicommons.org post First of The Commons, on the first anniversary of the Library of Congress and Flickr's pilot launch.

George Borgfeldt & Company George Borgfeldt & Company was located in New York (1881-1950's) and was an importer and assembler of dolls for the American and Canadian doll markets. Source: www.dollreference.com/george_borgfeldt_dolls.html