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Fulton Ferry Riders, ca. 1880Four vignettes suggest that as the morning progressed, the nature of the ferry traveler changed. The snoozing six o'clock A.M. commuter with a basket slung over one arm contrasts with the more affluent nine o'clock rider, a top-hatted businessman who sits erectly in the seat (no need to catch up on sleep, given his banker's hours). From Brooklyn! An Illustrated History, by Ellen M. Snyder-Grenier |
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