# 1890s VIEWS OF NEW YORK CITY, SAN FRANCISCO & FAMED PERSONALITIES INCLUDING TEDDY ROOSEVELT 40384

This 1940s black and white “Gay Nineties Live Again” was produced by Castle Films as part of the “Old Time Movies” series. Due to being early film, some of it reproduced from "paper prints" in the Library of Congress, some of the segments are faint or flickering. The film begins with the segment When Dobbin was King! (:24-:48). Two horses pull a trolley or horsecar. Seeing New York Via Steam-Engine! (:48- 1:07 ). An elevated steam locomotive passes. Putt-putt and Bowlers ( 1:08 - 1:18 ) 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, vintage automobiles pass men wearing derby (bowler) hats. Rush Hour! ( 1:20 - 1:40 ) A newsboy wearing knickers sells a newspaper and several police officers walk by. “Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl!” ( 1:42 - 2:00 ) Women in white long-sleeve blouses, long skirts, and pompadour hairstyles clock out at a sewing factory, followed by women wearing a variety of long dresses and hats. Fifth Avenue at Easter-Time ( 2:02 - 2:10 ) Fifth Avenue showcases men in suits with top or bowler hats and canes. The women wear skirts and long jackets. Hats include tall feather plumes. Extra! The First Subway Rush! ( 2:12 - 2:25 ) Police keep a crowd orderly as they rush to enter the first underground line of the New York Subway on opening day, 1904. A Terrific Tennis Tournament! ( 2:29 - 2:55 ) A couple play lawn tennis with early rackets. The man wears knickers and a newsboy hat; the woman a long white 2-piece outfit, dark belt, and hat. Millinery on Parade ( 2:59 - 3:06 ) Women…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/40384TheGay90s)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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