From The process of photography
life:
Ya know, just a few young flappers getting ahead on the whole ‘jaded, chain smoking New Yorker’ thing in 1925 outside of Madison Square Garden…
I kid, I kid! — But really, look at these photos: New York Smokes: A History in Photos
Empire State Building (1930)
Samurai.
Banjo and dog.
“…The advance of the banjo began when it was taken up by the ladies. One famous Boston banjoist, Caroline Nichols, said: ‘What makes me boil to the roots of my hair is that we play like girls. We do not! We play like musicians! There is no sex in music…’ And by the ladies the banjo was introduced into the home circle.” via @sugarfreak
Hat and book.
