A METROPOLITAN
SKETCHBOOK


OLD FACES, NEW
FASHIONS
The Modern Churchman at
the hootenanny, reaching the Urban Young
People.

The New Dandies:
cart-pullers in the Garment District, also known as “Seventh Avenue
aviators,” wearing Continental clothes exclusively.

The Suburban Bohemians,
showing the world that despite baby, hubby, and mortgage and the
breezeway, they are still … hip.

TEEN-AGE MALE
HAIRDOS
The basic ducktail: rear
view
The flat top
The flat top

The basic ducktail: side
view
The “Chicago Boxcar,” a
combination of the flat top and the ducktail

The Presley
haircut

The ducktail
tease

THE
SUN-WORSHIPPERS
Lunch-break
Acapulco:
aluminum-foil reflector under the chin in Verdi Square.
aluminum-foil reflector under the chin in Verdi Square.

Shop-owner’s Boca
Chica:
basking on his sidewalk in Chelsea.
basking on his sidewalk in Chelsea.

The Working Girl’s
weekend resort:
rooftop on 19th Street.
rooftop on 19th Street.

The Biggies’ weekday
resort:
rooftop at a midtown men’s club.
rooftop at a midtown men’s club.

THE ZOO IN CENTRAL
PARK

THE VIEW IN CENTRAL
PARK

NEW YORK’S BEAUTIFUL
PEOPLE
The maître
d’

The tour
guide

The
cabdriver

The parking lot
attendant

The parking ticket
patrol