STREET TYPES GREAT AMERICAN CITIES
LITERARY SKETCHES BY WELL-KNOWN AUTHORS AND A PREFACE BY DR. EMIL G. HIRSCH
Autor: KRAUSZ, SIGMUND, Erscheinungsjahr: 1896
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- 02 Bicycle Girl. By Krausz, Sigmund
- 04 Extry! All about the West Side Murder! By King, Ben
- 06 One of the Finest. By Armstrong, Le Roy
- 08 Can’t fool dis Niggah! By Read, Opie
- 10 Tennis Girl. By Krausz, Sigmund
- 12 Trained Nurses. By Krausz, Sigmund
- 14 Oh golly, but I’se Happy! By King, Ben
- 16 Matches! Flypaper!! By Krausz, Sigmund
- 18 Letter-Carrier. By Krausz, Sigmund
- 20 Our Beerman. By Krausz, Sigmund
- 22 In the Employ of the Gas Company. By Clover, Sam T.
- 24 Competitors. By Armstrong, Le Roy
- 26 Statuetti! By Krausz, Sigmund
- 28 The Rev. George Washington Snowball. By Head, Franklin H.
- 30 From Far-away Damascus. By Horton, George
- 32 Buy da Papah, Signor? By Krausz, Sigmund
- 34 A Disciple of Aesculap. By Maitland, James
- 36 The Old Soldier. By Krausz, Sigmund
- 38 French Chewing Candy! By Krausz, Sigmund
- 40 A Fakir. By McGovern, John
- 42 Fresh, Hot Chicken Tamales! By Krausz, Sigmund
- 44 John. By Pritchard, Edward R.
- 46 The Milkman. By Krausz, Sigmund
- 48 Rushing the Growler. By Ritchie, John
- 50 Rapid Messenger Service. By Ritchie, John
- 52 Streetsweeper. By Whitford, C. B.
- 54 Berries! Berries!! Blackberries!!! By Welch, Frank B.
- 56 Hallelujah Lasses. By Krausz, Sigmund
- 58 Tough. By Waterloo, Stanley
- 60 Accordion Player. By Schierbrand, Wolf von
- 62 Nice Feather-Dusters! By Krausz, Sigmund
- 64 The Popcornman. By Krausz, Sigmund
- 66 Schoolgirls. By Schierbrand, Wolf von
- 68 Banana Peddler. By Krausz, Sigmund
- 70 The Coalman. By Krausz, Sigmund
- 72 Scissors! By Krausz, Sigmund
- 74 Bill Poster. By Krausz, Sigmund
- 76 Out for a Stroll. By Krausz, Sigmund
- 78 Ah There! By Krausz, Sigmund
- 80 The Blind Beggar. By Krausz, Sigmund
- 82 Harp and Fiddle. By Horton, George
- 84 Ragpickers. By Armstrong, Le Roy
- 86 The Organ Grinder. By Banks, Charles Eugene
- 88 A Musical Family. By Blum, Edgar C.
- 90 Shine! By Krausz, Sigmund
- 92 The Iceman. By Blum, Edgar C.
INTRODUCTION.
INTRODUCTION.
In placing this collection of Character Studies before the public I hope that it will meet with the recognition and hearty appreciation of such as have daily and yearly noted these types in the crowded streets of our American cities.
To collect these studies in such shape and execution as to make the volume a desirable acquisition to every lover of art, it was not sufficient merely to take the kodak and start out to get a snapshot at a desired subject, but I was compelled for weeks and months to haunt the crowded thoroughfares, the fashionable avenues and the dingy alleys for such characters as seemed to suit my purpose; and when I had found them, persuasion, appeals to their vanity and very frequently pecuniary considerations had to be resorted to in order to induce them to visit a studio in the garb and equipments of their daily vocation.
The majority of my characters lacking the educational qualifications necessary to grasp my ideas, I had many failures, caused by their unnatural, awkward and stubborn behavior in front of the camera, before I had sufficient material to issue this collection.
I do not wish to speak about the many ludicrous and unpleasant experiences my self-imposed task has brought upon me; suffice it to say that after enduring frequent insults, escaping a fight with a courageous dude, being taken for a medical student in search of subjects for the dissecting-room, and barely avoiding arrest through a misunderstanding by a female Italian type, I am happy to present the “STREET TYPES OK AMERICAN CITIES” to the favorable notice of the public, who I am sure will find the same pleasure in looking them over as I had despite the many drawbacks in finding them, for it is an eternal truth:
„In arte voluptas?’
SIGMUND KRAUSZ.
In placing this collection of Character Studies before the public I hope that it will meet with the recognition and hearty appreciation of such as have daily and yearly noted these types in the crowded streets of our American cities.
To collect these studies in such shape and execution as to make the volume a desirable acquisition to every lover of art, it was not sufficient merely to take the kodak and start out to get a snapshot at a desired subject, but I was compelled for weeks and months to haunt the crowded thoroughfares, the fashionable avenues and the dingy alleys for such characters as seemed to suit my purpose; and when I had found them, persuasion, appeals to their vanity and very frequently pecuniary considerations had to be resorted to in order to induce them to visit a studio in the garb and equipments of their daily vocation.
The majority of my characters lacking the educational qualifications necessary to grasp my ideas, I had many failures, caused by their unnatural, awkward and stubborn behavior in front of the camera, before I had sufficient material to issue this collection.
I do not wish to speak about the many ludicrous and unpleasant experiences my self-imposed task has brought upon me; suffice it to say that after enduring frequent insults, escaping a fight with a courageous dude, being taken for a medical student in search of subjects for the dissecting-room, and barely avoiding arrest through a misunderstanding by a female Italian type, I am happy to present the “STREET TYPES OK AMERICAN CITIES” to the favorable notice of the public, who I am sure will find the same pleasure in looking them over as I had despite the many drawbacks in finding them, for it is an eternal truth:
„In arte voluptas?’
SIGMUND KRAUSZ.