Traffic on Lower Broadway in New York City on 13th July,1903. Trolley cars move on tracks on Lower Broadway. Men ride horse drawn wagons. Buildings line Broadway. Sidewalks are crowded with pedestrians.Policeman monitors and directs pedestrians and vehicles, from street. Horse-drawn trolley car crosses broadway and goes down side street.
Footage titled 'Bargain Day' depicts shoppers gathered on 14th Street in New York, United States on 20th April, 1905. A large crowd of shoppers gathered on sidewalk at 14th Street in front of the Rothschild Company 5 and 10 Cent Store. Streetcars, trams move on streets in front of the store. The shoppers stream steadily into the main entrance of the store.
Curbside street vendors busy selling fruit in New York City, United States on 27th October, 1903. Men buy fruits from a street vendor. Pedestrians walk on sidewalk. A man rides a horse drawn cart. Many carts and horse-drawn vehicles move about. Several peddlers push their carts by hand. Elevated railroad train structure crosses above the street. Area is overly congested by vendors so policeman orders them to all leave, brandishing his nightstick as he walks past.
Paper print. Early motion picture documentary. A crowd at a horse race track in Saint Louis, Missouri in the year 1904. A large crowd of spectators gathered at the race track. They take their seats in the stands. Trees in the background. Many persons carry umbrellas and parasols to shade them. A huge tent is set up in a field at the track.
Paper print. An early motion picture titled 'Sporting Blood' depicts a fight between a wealthy husband and wife because of a race horse in the United States. A man reads sports news from a newspaper. His wife comes and sits with him at a table. A maid serves them tea. A telegram boy comes and hands a telegram to the man. It contains a tip on a horse race. The man tells his wife he must leave on important business. His wife reads the telegraph. The maid opens a door. Wife's friend enters. The women arm themselves with kitchen implements and leave the house. Two men talk on a street. A man with his horse preparing for a harness racing event. Men purchase tickets and place bets at a harness racing bid counter with signs, "Wilson & Shepp." They watch horses and jockeys in a harness race. The man arrives home. The maid complains to the man about his wife. The man leaves his home and arrives at a court. He reports about his lost wife. The wife sits near a street fountain. Other women in long dresses and fancy hats (typical of wealthy of the gilded age) come and they talk to her. The husband asks a shopkeeper and other men about his lost wife. All the gamblers wives join together in protest. Their husbands follow them. The husband asks his wife to forgive him. He takes her to a stable and shows her the horse named Sweet Marie. Other husbands do likewise with their angry spouses. Lubin Manufacturing Co. logo seen at end.
Scientists and newsmen watch a solar eclipse in Minnesota, United States. Scientists set telescopes to view the solar eclipse. A newsman watches the solar eclipse directly using eye protection.
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