#old NY

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Gladys Bentley at the Ubangi Club in Harlem, early 1930s.

Gladys Bentley (1907-1960) joined the Harlem Renaissance jazz scene at age 16 and became an instant sensation and gender identity pioneer. She performed piano and vocals at the most popular gay bars, wearing men’s clothing, and openly flirted with women in the audience. She headlined in the early 1930s at Harlem's Ubangi Club, where she was backed up by a chorus line of drag queens. She dressed in men's clothes (including her signature: tuxedo and top hat), played piano, and sang her own raunchy lyrics to popular tunes of the day in a deep, growling voice.

Photo: Sterling Paige via Artblart

[robert-carmona]

3000 men who build the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City pose for a photo near the end of constructional work on August of 1964.

[blednokrov]

hello 2024

[lake-lady]

Looking out the window of an old warehouse

[bloodoftremere]

Coteries of New York By Night

[hometoursandotherstuff]

If you're not familiar with the town of Lily Dale, New York, it's called "The Town that Talks to the Dead," b/c it is a town connected with Mediumship and Spiritual Healing. (You can also visit and vacation there.) This 1912 4bd., 2.5ba. restored Victorian home is for sale in Lily Dale. It comes with all the furnishings and is only $250K. I've experienced this town and it is amazing.

It has a spacious entrance hall with an original staircase.

We can look at the furnishings since they all come with the house. Oh, I like that red lampshade. The sitting room is very large and shares its space with the dining area.

Beautiful Victorian fireplace.

The kitchen is very nice. I like the color of the cabinetry for this home.

The current owners have this small side hall set up as a sitting room.

This is nice. Double doors open to reveal a laundry area.

A shelving unit in the upstairs hall has a ladder. Very cute.

The primary bedroom is very large and features a built-in window seat and large nook.

Spacious updated bath has a separate water closet.

The other bedrooms are smaller, but still decent sizes.

Beautiful roof top deck.

Bedroom #4 is large. There's an outside door, but the home is big and has several additions.

Cute vintage bath.

Nice deck on the back of the house.

The 2,121 sq. ft. lot is surrounded by trees that provide privacy.

The town is near Cassadaga Lake.

This is the town's Forest Temple, built in 1894, an outdoor sanctuary where registered mediums hold a free daily Spirit message service at 4PM excluding Sundays. Forest Temple is an area of spiritual, emotional and mental upliftment. In the event of inclement weather, the service is moved indoors. Listen for the bell and follow the sign. 

This is the path to Inspiration Stump where mediums deliver Spirit messages twice a day.

Walk along the magical Fairy Trail on the edge of town and find some beautiful surprises along the way.

A fairy house along the trail.

The town is very friendly and full of delightfully pretty houses.

[swforester]

A visit to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. This beautiful cemetery features striking old gravestones near the historic church and enchanting 19th century monuments and tombs throughout the grounds. This church is an important part of Washington Irving's classic tale The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Considered one of America's first ghost stories, it features a headless horseman who terrorizes a hapless schoolmaster named Ichabod Crane. Believe it or not this town's school mascot IS the Headless Horseman. It is said he never misses a game.

Sleepy Hollow NY 6/30/23

[qqueenofhades]

The fact that Trump lost 20% of Republicans in Florida is deeply funny to me, truly.

[rainbow-squirrels-7]

April got a job as a museum docent so she snuck the boys in one night for a free tour (the Archelon fossil was of course the clear favorite) 💚💜🧡💙❤️

[girlgerard]

“GET AWAY FROM YOUR BROTHER” THANK YOU RAY TORO

[figofswords]

looking for jobs is so hard when you have unreasonable expectations like "pays a living wage" and require absurd accommodations like "lets me sit down occasionally"

[newyorkthegoldenage]

For years, May 1 was celebrated as International Workers' Day, also known as Labor Day in some countries, and often referred to as May Day. Here, in 1929, these five South Carolinan textile strike leaders marched in the Communist May Day Parade at Union Square. They carried signs, some of which pleaded for help, and others read, "Everyone on the picket line! Defy the Injunction!" May Day in New York passed quietly.

Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/Fine Art America

[dailykugisaki]

Day sixty-three | id in alt

A puppet and a witch.

[barksbog]

my whole family out there shaming me because there is some lichen and algea growing on my car

[barzysbaby]

FOR FUCKS SAKE BARZ

[doalkaynaksuyu]

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