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It's difficult to avoid thinking of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 when viewing this photograph. Hopefully, the "Rogers Ink Works fire" of 1915 was nowhere near as deadly.

This photo was probably taken from the platform of the 3rd Avenue El.
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Social commentary from the English "Punch" magazine. The 'faux French' caption reads: "Mais un monsieur qui pense lui meme tres beaucoups plus bon regardons que vraiment il est!" (Rough translation: Just a man who thinks he's better looking than he really is!"). The character in question may be a famous figure of the time, but more likely this is Punch identifying social 'stereotypical' characters seen around town, such as this business trader, perhaps seen as vulgar in his efforts to flaunt his wealth by dressing showily unlike the smartly dressed soldiers around him, something of a 'flash harry' type, with a phonetic knowledge of a foreign language passing for education. Or it may be a comment on how the French (the soldiers observing) see the English as uncouth of dress and speech? The lower picture now seems embarrassingly ill-informed, but was perhaps typical of the time.

Judge in Cleveland. "ARMLESS MAN ELECTED JUDGE; WRITES WITH HIS PEN IN TEETH" in The Day book., November 11, 1915, LAST EDITION, Image 9 Weird story. He was railroader and lost both arms in two accidents. Then he studied law.

"THE ARMLESS JUDGE Ten years ago David Moylan was a railroad switchman workin in a Cleveland yard. A switch engine running in the dark without a headlight ran him down and cut off both his arms. That would have settled the fate of most men. And it did settled Moylan's fate--but not in the usual way. He firmly declined to pass the rest of his life in a state of semi-dependence on his relatives, or hold a tin cup for charitable nickels. Since he was disabled physically, Moylan decided to earn a living with his brains. They were good brains, although it had never occurred to him before to make much use of them. He had a pretty fluent tongue too. So the switchman made up his mind to be a lawyer. As soon as he got out of the hospital, Moylan bought a copy of Blackstone. He read it by turning the leaves with his tongue. He learned to write with his teeth. In three years he passed the state law examinations for admission to the bar, ranking among the first ten in a class of 205. That was seven years ago. Attorney Moylan has made a fair living ever since. But now he is Judge Moylan. On November 2d he was elected to the Cleveland municipal bench. And his professional brethren say that he'll make a mighty good judge." chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95060914/1915-11-19/ed-...

Posting at the same time--I was so interested in the story I had to transcribe it!

This photo was used in an article on Judge Moylan in the June, 1916 Popular Science Monthly books.google.com/books?id=didRAQAAIAAJ&lpg=PA816&...