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It was an interesting video but I wonder why men & women dressed up so nicely for a dirty train ride in that era. The locomotive was a steam locomotive spewing dirty exhaust & the passenger cars had open windows. When I used to pick up my girlfriend from the Amtrak station a few years ago, the passengers seemed to be wearing comfortable outfits & flip-flops. Those trains were hauled by diesel locomotives with relatively cleaner exhaust & the passenger cars looked like they did not have open windows.

These are just my opinion,

Thanks,

Naveen Rajan

Naveen

 We take for granted our massive, in comparison, wardrobes today. A man might have only owned a  pair of pants, a jacket/coat and a shirt or two for dress, in the period portrayed in the film.  Unlike today comfort was not the concern when in public and only those in their work-a-day clothing, were not dressed in their best clothing when in public.

Borrowing a line from 'Zorro, the Gay Blade':

"The is no shame in being poor, only in dressing poorly!"

 

Dave

 

Last edited by djacobsen

Before the "Woodstock Generation" changed many cultural ideas, people generally dressed up to do pretty much anything in public. In the 1930's my Dad normally wore a shirt and tie to high school for example. When I was a kid in the 1960's, it was normal to see guys wearing a suit, tie and hat at the ballpark watching a baseball game. Our idea of adults wearing jeans, t-shirts, baseball caps, and sneakers in public (outside of working in their garden or mowing their lawn) didn't exist until about 1970.

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