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"Bar car" on the NYC subway, 1962 (media.piefed.world)
submitted 20 hours ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/historyphotos@piefed.social
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It was a temporary stunt as part of a city-wide cleanup. The goal was to give a "first class experience" to commuters.

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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 10 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

I had the same question. Every photo I could find of the event had this guy censored. Or it's just a photo error that looks like censorship?

Edit: wait, I think I found the answer. It looks like there was a guy walking in front of him, and someone tried to edit that out in some versions of this photo.

[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

It looks to me like the colorizing was done by AI and it got all wonky on that part.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 2 points 2 hours ago

I also find it fascinating how it messed up the "FEED THE KITTY" "IT WON'T BITE" in the subway advertisement. "IT WAWT WTE"