Old pictures are fun, especially when you can compare them with brand-new pictures from the same site. We all enjoy seeing pictures from when we were little, out in the front yard posing with Uncle Nutsy in front of the rhododendron. Comparing the old with the now, we see that both the plant and Nutsy both got a lot bigger and much greener as the years went slowly by.
Actually, I think Nutsy got greener and the plant got a little more blushy pink, but I can't deciduous.
So...let's look at the apartment building located at 497 Dean Street in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, New York.
This photo was taken in March, 1942. It shows local resident Edna Egbert, distraught over her mental health struggles and saddened because her son had been called to active duty in the armed forces, as police respond to her attempt to commit suicide. In the heavy-handed fashion of the day, they were dealing with this crisis by hollering at her, grabbing for her, and stretching a rope net beneath the cornice from which she threatened to jump.
As it turned out, she was coaxed back to safety.
This picture from Google Maps shows the same building as it looks today. I wonder if the guy sitting on the stoop has any idea what took place there 83 years ago. If those steps could talk, what a story, eh?
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