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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Amazing 1908 fire photograph MichaelRyerson!
I got the chills when I saw the people watching the fire from this rooftop. It appears that several men are straddling the wall with one leg dangling over.
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 -looks like that might be a man to the left of the turret as well. -he's bending over to check his shoelaces. 
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Yeah, I had the same reaction. Seems especially foolhardy, except the guy on the roof of the Stanford (later to be the Brighton) tying his shoes. People are weird. I have another pic just a bit later in the century, I'll try to post today, with some similar shenanigans going on.