Grate Fishing Frame Color:Natural November 17

November 17

had no party affiliation and had even considered running as a Democrat

3 in the 2017 Times guide

380-foot suspension bridge just needed the concrete roadway

This image was published with The Times article

Grate Fishing Frame Color:Natural November 17A 12 year old boy goes fishing with "uncanny skill" for coins and other treasures in the city's subway grating in 1959. His only tools: a small rock tied to a 12 foot piece of string and some lard (which is used to make the rock sticky). He then lowers the line and hauls up his catch. Sometimes a dime, sometimes a subway token, sometimes a ring of gold. Times photographer Allyn Baum captured the boy as he was surrounded by a large crowd in Times