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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 51205, member: 44"]I probably haven't any better suggestions then what have been posted. My 1st and last impressions are that he is an immigrant at Ellis Island. The pin on his coat may be some sort of ID tag. I do know each immigrant was issued an identification tag or card that was attached to their coats through out the whole process. I don't know if it was pinned or tied on.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the background of the pic is looking across water at the NYC skyline like he is sitting on a bench on Ellis Island. On cropping, zooming in and editing the pic I can see the water line behind him with the NYC skyline in the distance. On the bottom left at his right elbow appears to be a fence and beyond that the edge, waterline, the water and across the water the skyline.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]12916[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the glasses, goggles, or magnifier, it appears to be under his shirt like he is hiding them. Many people were and probably still are embarrassed to wear glasses especially viral young men. He may not have wanted his pic taken wearing glasses. The glasses may be attached to the cord?</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven't a clue about his footwear. I don't know it he is wearing the biggest heaviest socks in the world, big old galoshes/boots with his trouser legs tucked into them, or early 1900 leg warmers! The bottom of the pic has been clipped off or just wasn't that long resulting in the actual pic of his feet not being seen. They (he and/or the photographer) thought the top half of him and the skyline were the important features to be shown.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]12917[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Wait a minute!! Just had another thought, he may be a newly arrived immigrant sitting on a park bench on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. Back in the early 1960s I sublet an apartment with another girl on Brooklyn Heights not far from the St. George Hotel. It was hardly a block walk down to the Promenade that had a spectacular view of the Statue of Liberty and Lower Manhattan. It was a tourist mecca then and no doubt in his day. No doubt there would have been itinerant photographers out there on a lovely Sunday afternoon. Between him and the waterline, there does look like a walk area/promenade.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Brooklyn+Heights+Promenade&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=zRUpVZHAIoqaNvrLgDA&ved=0CDQQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=739&dpr=0.8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Brooklyn+Heights+Promenade&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=zRUpVZHAIoqaNvrLgDA&ved=0CDQQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=739&dpr=0.8" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=Brooklyn+Heights+Promenade&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=zRUpVZHAIoqaNvrLgDA&ved=0CDQQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=739&dpr=0.8</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 51205, member: 44"]I probably haven't any better suggestions then what have been posted. My 1st and last impressions are that he is an immigrant at Ellis Island. The pin on his coat may be some sort of ID tag. I do know each immigrant was issued an identification tag or card that was attached to their coats through out the whole process. I don't know if it was pinned or tied on. I think the background of the pic is looking across water at the NYC skyline like he is sitting on a bench on Ellis Island. On cropping, zooming in and editing the pic I can see the water line behind him with the NYC skyline in the distance. On the bottom left at his right elbow appears to be a fence and beyond that the edge, waterline, the water and across the water the skyline. [ATTACH=full]12916[/ATTACH] As to the glasses, goggles, or magnifier, it appears to be under his shirt like he is hiding them. Many people were and probably still are embarrassed to wear glasses especially viral young men. He may not have wanted his pic taken wearing glasses. The glasses may be attached to the cord? I haven't a clue about his footwear. I don't know it he is wearing the biggest heaviest socks in the world, big old galoshes/boots with his trouser legs tucked into them, or early 1900 leg warmers! The bottom of the pic has been clipped off or just wasn't that long resulting in the actual pic of his feet not being seen. They (he and/or the photographer) thought the top half of him and the skyline were the important features to be shown. [ATTACH=full]12917[/ATTACH] Wait a minute!! Just had another thought, he may be a newly arrived immigrant sitting on a park bench on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. Back in the early 1960s I sublet an apartment with another girl on Brooklyn Heights not far from the St. George Hotel. It was hardly a block walk down to the Promenade that had a spectacular view of the Statue of Liberty and Lower Manhattan. It was a tourist mecca then and no doubt in his day. No doubt there would have been itinerant photographers out there on a lovely Sunday afternoon. Between him and the waterline, there does look like a walk area/promenade. [URL]https://www.google.com/search?q=Brooklyn+Heights+Promenade&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=zRUpVZHAIoqaNvrLgDA&ved=0CDQQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=739&dpr=0.8[/URL] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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