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Echoes of New York's Golden Era in Wandering Thoughts
A fragmented reminiscence from New York on June 2 with vivid glimpses of figures like Chalif Ed Sullivan and Victor Moore, walking the city’s memory. It meanders through hotels, vaudeville, old signage, board and room rents, and anecdotes of pickpockets, burglars, and theater life, preserving a mosaic of era personalities and places.
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New York
Dave Apollon
Chalif
Ed Sullivan
Brummel
Westbrook Fegier
Minneapolis
Astor
Jene Buck
Gene Tunney
Vagrant
Gandhi
von Hindenburg
George
Walter Kingsley
Wilson Mizner
Davis
Acton Davies
West 67Th Street
Lillian Russell
Dick Berlin
Tom White
Dave Towne
Empire
Earl Carroll
Ziegfeld
Broad Way
Deke
Harlem
Boze Bulger
Seriba