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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Steffens

Lincoln Steffens was addressing a workers' / IWW / anarchist / socialist / rally in Union Square, New York City, on April 11, 1914. The structure from which he is speaking was more a porch than a balcony. In this photo from May 2, 1914, it is used for a suffragette rally: Here is William Jennings Bryan, speaking from the same porch, April 30, 1912: A Bain/LOC photo, not yet posted to Flickr, shows the Union Square "cottage" on May 1, 1908, during a May Day Socialist rally: luirig.altervista.org/cpm/albums/bain-27/13401-Socialists... A New York Times story (May 3, 1914) about a woman suffrage rally in Union Square refers to the speakers' platform as "the porch of the cottage" --- query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F50D1EF9355D13...

The anarchist Alexander Berkman addressed another part of the crowd on April 11, 1914:

LOC: you have misspelled both "Lincoln" and "Steffens" in your title.

Wystan and buckeye616: Thank you for your correction of the typo in the title and for the additional information on Lincoln Steffens. We will include some of it in the record for this image when we update.

Yep, looks like a hot plate sitting on top of a white lady's shoe. That is a 1938 license plate there from the looks of things.

wish i had some of the stuff there :O

The stuff in this junkyard is nicer than most stuff you can buy at any big box store.

more money!

Fritzi Scheff (1879-1954), Vienna-born American vocalist: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritzi_Scheff

A "Liberty Loan" would put this in the World War I era. In fact, this photograph would have been taken in late April, or during March 1919. A Liberty Loan was the name given to the U. S. Treasury's means of raising funds from the public via bond issues to pay for war work. The Fifth Liberty Loan, with the slogan "Finish The Job" was launched on 21 April, 1919, with a canvass period of three weeks: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C05E6DA1E39E13AB... More on Liberty Loans: www.answers.com/topic/liberty-loans And here's some information about the photographer, Gabriel Moulin: www.moulinstudios.com/history.htm As for the Magnavox, this is a vacuum tube amplifier with speaker horn. Electrically amplified sound was a relatively new technology in 1919, and in that year the Magnavox gained national attention after President Woodrow Wilson used a Magnavox to amplify a speech he gave in San Diego. [ history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/jensen.html history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/wilson.html ]

wonderful image!

From a old photo a "old" illustration for popular magazine

"Hi Tech Show -Vintage" by photocomix-mandala [?]


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