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Tricycle gang in Brooklyn, New York, USA, ~1940? (lemmy.world)
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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Herkimer Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant.

[–] Anamnesis@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

I fucking knew it!

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Gives a bit of an Our Gang/Little Rascals vibe

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

a) Adorable.

b) It's not inconceivable that one or more of those kids is still alive today. Which I think is fascinating.

[–] Syd@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Man, now I have to always wonder if pictures like this are just AI.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The original is in the Smithsonian, so I doubt it.

[–] Syd@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I've never seen the original at the Smithsonian. Only this image on the Internet.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The Smithsonian tweeted the photo and credited it as coming from "Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture, gift of Joe Schwartz and family, ©Joe Schwartz". I'm going to take their word for it.

[–] Syd@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

Okay I think you're missing my point. A few years ago I wouldn't have thought, "I wonder if this is real or just AI?" This is a great photo and I'm glad that it's presented at the Smithsonian. Sure images were photoshopped or edited in the past, but there were never so many photo-realistic images that were fabricated from nothing.