metropolitanmagazinenovember1898

The supreme triumph of a popular song -- its hand-organ appe...

from New York Public Library

• 18 older comments, and then…
• Xntric1 said:

  I remember organ-grinders when I was a wee tad in Philadelphia. Guy came down our block, played a song, and his trained monkey went around offering his hat as a receptacle for coins. He didn't get a lot of them.

• Morris Collection said:

  At my city still playing an organ-grinder offering his hat as a receptacle for coins. but without a monkey.
  He have an antique german hand organ.

• Joana Brandão said:

  this is an interesting documental picture.

• cheerful wheel said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Fascination Nostalgia, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  Invitation / Invitación / Einladung / Invito / Convite / Uitnodiging / Приглашение /招待
  
  The photo is beautiful
  
  www.flickr.com/groups/fascination_nostalgia/

• shaky position said:

  Sembra quasi una foto fatta a Napoli...