carnegie

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Palace

Oop -- duplicated this one too. I'm going to have to get here earlier. :)

Here is the Wikimedia Commons image for comparison:

Here what it's look like now. Taken last June 2009.

He doesn't look like one of the richest people in the world.

Date written on negative is 10/19/12. NYT of October 20, 1912 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=980CE4D6113AE633A... reported that Carnegie had arrived back from his summer holiday in Scotland on the White Star Liner, the Baltic.

swanq: Thanks! We'll fix the date in the source data and reload the description.

The fact that Carnegie doesn't look like one of the richest people in the world is why he was able to become so rich. He focused on his work, not on his social standing. He concentrated on constantly having an advantage over all of the competition.

It looks like the same playground pictured from another angle in this series. You can see the swings behind the basketball hoop. The playground appears to be a vacant lot that's been cleaned up.

Another Bain/LOC photo of the Fifth Avenue Carnegie Playground:

Here's the story, from The New York Times, August 1, 1911:

"The Parks and Playgrounds Association of New York City opened yesterday its fifteenth vacant lot playground, on a plot loaned by Andrew Carnegie. This playground is on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Ninety-first Street, and is equipped with swings, sandboxes, teeter boards, slides, basket ball court, and other equipment.

"The opening was not advertised, but there were 200 children on hand when it was opened. The children came from the section immediately east. The association sends play leaders into the tenement sections, organizes the children into guilds and takes them to the ground. Two leaders are in charge at the ground. The association is supported by voluntary contributions."

So what's there now? The Convent of the Sacred Heart? I don't know NYC that well.

Well, they've sure got that kid pretty well defended.

So is that "backboard" just an empty frame? Seems kind of useless.