Check out the crowd on Main Street in Buffalo!
This was the city’s Labor Day celebration. This was the year 1900, or thereabouts.
courtesy LOC
Labor Day in Buffalo, circa 1900
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madness, mystery, and magic at the turn of the century
Check out the crowd on Main Street in Buffalo!
This was the city’s Labor Day celebration. This was the year 1900, or thereabouts.
courtesy LOC
old spirituals 
The mass of humanity on the street sparks the viewer’s interest in this photo. A more careful perusal reveals other objects of interest, particularly the huge American Flags atop 7 tall buildings on and just off Buffalo’s “Main St.” The young man on the building’s ledge in the left foreground causes wonder and contemplation . . . who is he and why is he not on the street?
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Good eye! That young man looks like he’s celebrating but maybe he’s there to help the photographer?
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