Today we revisit early 1900s New York City with Horace D. Ashton, daredevil photographer who we first met on Halloween.

Horace D. Ashton, you’ll see, is a fan of breathtaking perspectives.

This 1906 picture depicts the walking span of the Brooklyn Bridge.

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In 1911, Ashton photgraphed an Underwood & Underwood photographer taking pictures from the Metropolitan Tower.

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The last picture is from 1905. It’s a different kind of image.  Ashton described it as “Low Class Apartments or Tenements.” This is nothing like the low-income neighborhoods of today. Can you imagine if this is where the poorest New Yorkers lived and how they presented themselves today? They wouldn’t be the poorest New Yorkers very long.

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