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Tricycle gang in Brooklyn, New York, USA, ~1940? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyporn@lemmy.world

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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Herkimer Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant.

[–] Anamnesis@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I fucking knew it!

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Gives a bit of an Our Gang/Little Rascals vibe

[–] Syd@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Man, now I have to always wonder if pictures like this are just AI.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The original is in the Smithsonian, so I doubt it.

[–] Syd@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've never seen the original at the Smithsonian. Only this image on the Internet.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The Smithsonian tweeted the photo and credited it as coming from "Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture, gift of Joe Schwartz and family, ©Joe Schwartz". I'm going to take their word for it.

[–] Syd@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Okay I think you're missing my point. A few years ago I wouldn't have thought, "I wonder if this is real or just AI?" This is a great photo and I'm glad that it's presented at the Smithsonian. Sure images were photoshopped or edited in the past, but there were never so many photo-realistic images that were fabricated from nothing.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

a) Adorable.

b) It's not inconceivable that one or more of those kids is still alive today. Which I think is fascinating.