A Photographic Lack

1895

It is a curious fact that, while you can buy photographs of any place in Europe in nearly all the bookshops of New York, it is almost impossible to find views of the buildings in that city. I went up and down Broadway and Fifth avenue for miles the other day trying to find pictures of the prominent clubs and the palaces that have been built on Fifth avenue during the last two years, but nobody has them for sale, and nobody knew where I could get them, so I was compelled to hire a photographer and have them taken. — New York Letter in Chicago Record.


Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson's wife went to the inn after him if he staid too long and brought him home, tongue lashing him all the way.