Friday, October 4, 2013

Found photos in the East Village from the early 1990s



When Roy Lee lived in the East Village in the early 1990s, he'd always pick up and save discarded photos that he'd find on the streets. All these years later, he finally got around to scanning them ... he shared them on Facebook, where we spotted them...

"If anyone actually recognizes anyone, that would be fun, but I don't expect it," he said.

And does anyone know if any manufacturer still makes that snazzy zebra-tiger print in the bottom photo?























at

13 comments:

  1. THE NOTORIOUS L.I.B.E.R.A.T.I.O.N.October 4, 2013 at 7:17 AM

    I find these fascinating for some reason.

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousOctober 4, 2013 at 8:23 AM

    These are great!

    The black housemaid one is disturbing. Yikes.

    I moved to the city in 1991 and was hoping I'd see someone I recognized but nope.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Elwood BluezOctober 4, 2013 at 10:40 AM

    That fourth pic looks like Danny Thomas.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Ken from Ken's KitchenOctober 4, 2013 at 11:07 AM

    These are great. There is something vaguely disturbing/mysterious about them.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Laura Goggin PhotographyOctober 4, 2013 at 12:35 PM

    That's the most amazing wallpaper I've ever seen.

    ReplyDelete
  6. AnonymousOctober 4, 2013 at 2:56 PM

    @ Goggla... you ever get up to Gino's before it closed? It had that amazing zebra wallpaper too...

    --- muzz

    ReplyDelete
  7. Laura Goggin PhotographyOctober 4, 2013 at 3:20 PM

    @muzz - I was thinking the same thing!

    And that photo is giving me flashbacks of our living room in the 70s - gold carpet and green jungle wallpaper complete with leopard and monkey heads.

    ReplyDelete
  8. AnonymousOctober 5, 2013 at 9:16 AM

    @ goggla -- our parents must have read the same magazines. Green and gold...til '77, then everything white with green accents! haha! (muzz)

    ReplyDelete
  9. VH McKenzieOctober 5, 2013 at 3:34 PM

    @ THE NOTORIOUS L.I.B.E.R.A.T.I.O.N.

    I find these fascinating, too. Pictures detached from any sort of narrative - let's you make up your own story.

    I recently had the opportunity to comb through the rubble of a house fire in Jamaica and found dozens and dozens of photographs only partially scarred by the flames - mystery after mystery......

    ReplyDelete
  10. AnonymousOctober 8, 2013 at 11:29 AM

    These photos are great!!

    ReplyDelete
  11. 12;00 pmOctober 8, 2013 at 12:00 PM

    One can't find instagrams on the streets.

    ReplyDelete
  12. AnonymousOctober 8, 2013 at 1:16 PM

    The 2nd to last picture kind of looks like Monsignor O'Brien who used to be the head at Immaculate Conception.

    ReplyDelete
  13. NEW YORK IN THE 1990's PHOTO ARCHIVESJune 16, 2017 at 10:02 AM

    Really fun photos ! Wish there were more !
    www.nyc90s.com

    ReplyDelete

Your remarks and lively debates are welcome, whether supportive or critical of the views herein. Your articulate, well-informed remarks that are relevant to an article are welcome.

However, commentary that is intended to "flame" or attack, that contains violence, racist comments and potential libel will not be published. Facts are helpful.

If you'd like to make personal attacks and libelous claims against people and businesses, then you may do so on your own social media accounts. Also, comments predicting when a new business will close ("I give it six weeks") will not be approved.