I don't remember if you mentioned this, but have you ever been here? I went through Oklahoma once on a bus, I-40 and I-44. In my present condition, I don't think I'm going anywhere again. I did write a story about it, but it's kind of random about why the bus happens to be there.
L.P. Hartley. I liked that so much I used it as a title on an essay.
I was around the Fulton Market as a kid (1964?) and you could smell the fish three blocks away.
It's like photos of the Wright Bros. wearing ties while testing their flyers at Kitty Hawk.
Thank you, I don't think you've mentioned that before. The main reason I'm here is that various family arrived 120 to 170 years ago and never got around to leaving. Then I thought of leaving when I was young, but that never worked out for various reasons. Now I have no idea of where I would go if I had the choice.
And this is typical of how people dressed to fly, circa 1960. Suits and dresses. Today it's flip-flops.
I never knew that about horses! Th last wagon I saw was in about 1964. I think the owner was offering a knife-sharpening service, but I'm not sure. There are still horse-watering fountains that have survived, like this impressive one in Upper Manhattan.
It's always the same, no matter what era it is. If human beings are involved, something will be messed up. New York has been a tough place since it was founded. In July, 1863, the Draft Riots were so bad that Federal troops had to be called in to quell them. And, say what you will, but those rioters made Antifa look mild. They stole rifles from armories and fought battles in the streets against those soldiers.
There are quite a few of these around, including European cities. These pieces of stock footage were rarely seen before the Internet; at least I don't remember them. Bits would get inserted to fill out documentaries, and a few would get into fictional movies. For the latter, it was usually obvious to identify what had not be filmed by the studio. "Real scenes," as my dad used to call them, especially in war movies. It was a cheap way to avoid the complications of creating battle footage, for example.
Admire all that space in between each row... And each seat, even. Also you can tell it's well before take-off, because you can see down the plane and it's not obscured by a fug of smoke. Even when smoking was restricted to the back of each class, the smoke was never good at staying in front of the curtain.And this is typical of how people dressed to fly, circa 1960. Suits and dresses. Today it's flip-flops.
I've done one, and I loosely based it on my own family. I added an "extra" uncle between my dad and my one real uncle. The grandfather character is based on the real one. Of course, I knew what the settings looked like. But, yeah, it was fun to imagine an alternative past for my family.The narrator in the opening and closing sections is probably some version of myself. I would have been born about six years after the story takes place.
