I would say that the majority of my wallet card posts, especially the NYC ones, come from finding them on one of the many websites and facebook groups of people who are great at spotting this stuff. So many times I see things posted that I just have to see for myself.
Even though there is no way that one pair of eyes can compete with hundreds of them, when you are looking around all the time, you are bound to spot some surprising things yourself. For example, when I was walking through Brooklyn this summer, a garbage can in front of a residence caught my eye. The metal garbage can that was once a New York staple (think Oscar the Grouch) but is now quite rare in these days of plastic bins. I thought I noticed a date - 1949. (Oddly it's much easier to see "1949" on my phone than on the computer, even magnified.)
Great find, Bo! Oscar's persona just wouldn't be the same in a plastic Rubbermaid trash can, would it?
ReplyDeleteIn the old days, you could've went up to their door, asked to take a better look at it, and probably would've made a new friend. These days if you went up to the door, you'd probably get shot, or have the police called on you.
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