This is a crop of a much larger photograph of a Detroit street corner in 1905. While I suspect that the fellow is looking down the street instead of at the passing woman, it's fun to imagine him caught in a more compromising candid moment.
Naturally, looking at images like this today makes me ponder the ghosts of our past: Not just the people, but also the places long gone.
The building is the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad Office, at the northwest corner of Woodward and Jefferson. None of this is still here; this lot today houses a giant mid-century skyscraper, One Woodward Avenue.
The full image
In any case, it struck me, so it's here. Until next time, kids.
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