Here's what the well-dressed dude of 1900 was wearing to go fishing in Brooklyn! Brooklyn still, in 1900, had rural pockets, such that a fishing-tackle store could flourish in what was the downtown core, near City Hall. That nice white Colonel Sanders suit is going to get a tad dirty though.James F. Marsters. Catalog. Brooklyn, N.Y. [ca. 1900] University of Delaware Library. Newark, Delaware, USA.
8 comments:
People used to dress up for just about everything in the old days.
His beard looks a tad Amish, doesn't it?
He looks, without doubt, like the Compleat Angler. I imagine he must be the great x N grandson of Izaak Walton!
cube - They sure did, even as late as the early 70s.
VintageGent - He does look Amish!
A. - He could very well be. And I don't think he's going to find a lot of fish biting down there at Brooklyn City Hall (insert shark joke here if you like, it's been a long day and I just can't think of one!)
Oh, definitely must have the collar and tie happening, what oh!
Gorgeous pic :)
VintageGent TOTALLY stole my comment! I'm calling the authorities...
LIDIAN: What if he was fishing for COMPLIMENTS? (Okay, put down that stick!! I'll go quietly!)
• • Anyone who is in the mood for food whilst in the vicinity of Brooklyn's City Hall can now go straight to 372 Fulton Street.
• • In 1879, a decade before Battling Jack West and Tillie Delker took their wedding vows, Charles Gage decided it was time to open an "eating house" in Brooklyn at 303 Fulton Street. By 1892, a year before Mae West was born, Gage & Tollner relaunched their dining saloon at 372—374 Fulton Street — — in a brownstone built in 1875 (before the district became commercial).
• • Guess what is there NOW, Lidian, where Gage & Tollner used to be? Can you guess? Hmmm?
• • Come up and see Mae . . .
Jayne - Yeah, he sure is a fancy fisherman.
Heather - There are plenty of comments to go around for everyone, I promise! And refreshments in the next post, too. Let's everyone relax and have a root beer and a piece of pie!
Mae - Gage and Tollner! You are a cornucopia of Brooklyniana and I love it!
I cannot guess what used to be there and yet I feel like I really ought to know. You see, I grew up in Manhattan - my roots are mostly across the river though (which is a tad uncomfortable sometimes!)
Fulton St in the 300s would be downtown I think - my grandmother was born over her father's shoe store in 1889 down at 1590 Fulton (Bed/Stuy).
I will go educate myself about your question right now! Thanks, Mae. You are always welcome here - I speak softly but my sticks are all in the filing cabinet and NOT out.
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