EDIT: The image turned out to be real (details in thread below).
The photograph looks FAKE.
I know it is coming from a NYT article, but please look at these details:
1.) The photograph is very, very high resolution for any photograph form 1918. I don't think I have ever seen a more quality image from that time period.
2.) There is an electrical rail (third rail) next to the railway. You can see it clearly on the left margin of the image right next to the railway. That technology did definitively NOT EXIST in 1918.
3.) The railway sleepers look like they are made out of concrete. They have an odd shape and unusual light color for being out of wood what they should have been if this is 1918.
4.) A convenient political message that is oddly fitting for today on the guy to the right. From what I could research, there was no prison for not wearing mask, it was only a recommendation.
5.) People wore masks in 1918. At least I think they did, not sure if I can trust what I have read. But assuming they did, they certainly did not have thin rubber bands like guys 2+3 from the right that masks of our time have. They looked more like this: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/pandemic-timeline-1918.htm
6.) What a wonderful diverse group of commuting people including BIPOC and working women. The guy on the left is touching two of the women who are obviously not his family. Not impossible but looks more like NYT writers in 2020 would have wished it had been like.
7.) The entire image looks staged. Who would have asked a group of people to pose for a photograph? Back then taking photographs was not a trivial issue. Especially not when it was raining (see wet floor on platform).
Here is the link to NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/us/mask-protests-1918.html
I think they staged the fucking thing. Not sure what else is a lie in their fucking paper. Probably 99%.
The photograph looks FAKE.
I know it is coming from a NYT article, but please look at these details:
1.) The photograph is very, very high resolution for any photograph form 1918. I don't think I have ever seen a more quality image from that time period.
2.) There is an electrical rail (third rail) next to the railway. You can see it clearly on the left margin of the image right next to the railway. That technology did definitively NOT EXIST in 1918.
3.) The railway sleepers look like they are made out of concrete. They have an odd shape and unusual light color for being out of wood what they should have been if this is 1918.
4.) A convenient political message that is oddly fitting for today on the guy to the right. From what I could research, there was no prison for not wearing mask, it was only a recommendation.
5.) People wore masks in 1918. At least I think they did, not sure if I can trust what I have read. But assuming they did, they certainly did not have thin rubber bands like guys 2+3 from the right that masks of our time have. They looked more like this: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/pandemic-timeline-1918.htm
6.) What a wonderful diverse group of commuting people including BIPOC and working women. The guy on the left is touching two of the women who are obviously not his family. Not impossible but looks more like NYT writers in 2020 would have wished it had been like.
7.) The entire image looks staged. Who would have asked a group of people to pose for a photograph? Back then taking photographs was not a trivial issue. Especially not when it was raining (see wet floor on platform).
Here is the link to NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/us/mask-protests-1918.html
I think they staged the fucking thing. Not sure what else is a lie in their fucking paper. Probably 99%.
The photograph looks FAKE.
I know it is coming from a NYT article, but please look at these details:
1.) The photograph is very, very high resolution for any photograph form 1918. I don't think I have ever seen a more quality image from that time period.
2.) There is an electrical rail (third rail) next to the railway. You can see it clearly on the left margin of the image right next to the railway. That technology did not definitively NOT EXIST in 1918.
3.) The railway sleepers look like they are made out of concrete. They have an odd shape and unusual light color for being out of wood what they should have been if this is 1918.
4.) A convenient political message that is oddly fitting for today on the guy to the right. From what I could research, there was no prison for not wearing mask, it was only a recommendation.
5.) People wore masks in 1918. At least I think they did, not sure if I can trust what I have read. But assuming they did, they certainly did not have thin rubber bands like guys 2+3 from the right that masks of our time have. They looked more like this: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/pandemic-timeline-1918.htm
6.) What a wonderful diverse group of commuting people including BIPOC and working women. The guy on the left is touching two of the women who are obviously not his family. Not impossible but looks more like NYT writers in 2020 would have wished it had been like.
7.) The entire image looks staged. Who would have asked a group of people to pose for a photograph? Back then taking photographs was not a trivial issue. Especially not when it was raining (see wet floor on platform).
Here is the link to NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/us/mask-protests-1918.html
I think they staged the fucking thing. Not sure what else is a lie in their fucking paper. Probably 99%.
The photograph looks FAKE.
I know it is coming from a NYT article, but please look at these details:
1.) The photograph is very, very high resolution for any photograph form 1918. I don't think I have ever seen a more quality image from that time period.
2.) There is an electrical rail (third rail) next to the railway. You can see it clearlyu on the left margin of the image right next to the railway. That technology did not definitively NOT EXIST in 1918.
3.) The railway sleepers look like they are made out of concrete. They have an odd shape and unusual light color for being out of wood what they should have been if this is 1918.
4.) A convenient political message that is oddly fitting for today on the guy to the right. From what I could research, there was no prison for not wearing mask, it was only a recommendation.
5.) People wore masks in 1918. But they did not have thin rubber bands like guys 2+3 from the right that masks of our time have. They looked more like this: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/pandemic-timeline-1918.htm
6.) What a wonderful diverse group of commuting people including BIPOC and working women. The guy on the left is touching two of the women who are obviously not his family. Not impossible but looks more like NYT writers in 2020 would have wished it had been like.
7.) The entire image looks staged. Who would have asked a group of people to pose for a photograph? Back then taking photographs was not a trivial issue. Especially not when it was raining (see wet floor on platform).
Here is the link to NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/us/mask-protests-1918.html
I think they staged the fucking thing. Not sure what else is a lie in their fucking paper. Probably 99%.