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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsKids today think they're so clever, with their so-called "breakdancing." Why, when I was their age:
A street Arab
46,688 viewsJun 3, 2010
Library of Congress
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SUMMARY
A preadolescent boy, dressed like a street urchin, performs acrobatic stunts for the camera.
From a contemporary Edison Company catalog: A STREET ARAB. Umreichen [code for telegraphic orders]. Shows one of New York's street gamins going through various acrobatic evolutions; he turns handsprings backward and forward, walks the crab, does cart wheels and other kindred feats. An exceptionally unique part of the performance is his standing on his head and twisting around like a top. It is safe to say he will be bald-headed at an early age. 50 feet.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1898.
NOTES
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 21Apr1898; 25336.
Location: New York, N.Y.
SUBJECTS
Acrobats--New York (State)--New York.
Street entertainers--New York (State)--New York.
Acrobatics--New York (State)--New York.
Boys--New York (State)--New York.
Children--New York (State)--New York.
Actuality--Short.
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Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
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lcmp002 m2a32868 https://www.loc.gov/item/00694377
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Kids today think they're so clever, with their so-called "breakdancing." Why, when I was their age: (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Nov 2019
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braddy
(3,585 posts)1. That reminds me, I need to go take about a half dozen Ibuprofen.
samnsara
(17,640 posts)2. i cant even walk downstairs without holding on to something ;)
...usually a glass of wine..
backtoblue
(11,345 posts)4. I like your thinking!
wnylib
(21,617 posts)3. Well I can walk down a staircase with
the agility of a toddler.
It is easy. One hand on the railing and the same foot going forward to the next step each time.