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The two cars look like they are having a good gossip.

Street view maps.app.goo.gl/FCHFAaqapNrCSuw67

nearer 1920 than 1900: I see a woman with a knee length outfit up the street.

In nearby EAS_2092, we see the roof writing at left says ERNE ENGINEERING COMPANY MOTOR WORKS. a quick Google suggests that company was incorporated in 1926.

That one gives a date range of 1900-1939, better I think.

John Barnes Wells (October 17, 1880 - August 8, 1935), tenor simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barnes_Wells

The poster shows a slogan of the Committee for Free Milk for France, headquartered at 675 Fifth Avenue. See, for example, Albuquerque Morning Journal., June 11, 1918, CITY EDITION, Page 5, with picture in middle of page, spanning cols 3 and 4 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84031081/1918-06-11/ed-...

B-59 and swanq: Thanks for the details about singer John Barnes Wells and the Committee for Free Milk for France. We will add more details about them when we update the description.

Lincolndale Agricultural School for Boys was a Catholic charity run under a Brother Barnabas, opened in 1912 for selected orphans to be trained for agricultural and industrial work. On 9 March 1913, Brother Barnabas was quoted in the New York Times--at a conference on vocational schools, Brother Barnabas spoke against profit-making in such institutions, saying

"It is a step backwards when we take those who are not able to support themselves and make them support us. Surely if they are able to support others they are able to go out into the community where they can work for themselves. The minute that a boy is self-supporting his place is in society and in a good home."

I started an entry in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincolndale_Agricultural_School

LOC -- "Lincolndale" is misspelled in your title.

Thanks for the corrections and additional information here. We'll fix the description next time we update the record!