Ride Inspector Size:8" x 10" Cameramen line up outside the

Cameramen line up outside the Queens County Courthouse in Long Island City where the trial for murder of Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray was in progress in 1927

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access and predictability

double-decker buses - manned by a driver and conductor - lent a certain quaint flavor to New York's Fifth Avenue

He also worked as a freelance Illustrator and showed his work in galleries in New York City and Italy

Ride Inspector Size:8" x 10" Cameramen line up outside theIt was a tough job, but someone had to do it. For many years, inspector kept "an official municipal eye" on Coney Island, documenting safety concerns across 120 rides. When our photographer Neal Boenzi took this picture in 1959, the inspector, then 62, was beginning his 20th year on the job and he "still enjoys the rides as much as any boy." The inspector had formed strong opinions. The Cyclone and the parachute jump at Steeplechase Park were his