At the foot of the Flatiron /

This street level view is of the Broadway side of the Flatiron, or Fuller Building, near the narrow north corner. Filmed on a very windy day, pedestrians of various descriptions are seen passing by the camera, clutching hats and skirts against the wind. According to some New York City historians, this corner was known as the windiest corner of the city, and in the era of the long skirt, standing on it was considered a good vantage point for a glimpse of a lady's ankle. Policemen would chase away such loungers from the 23rd Street corner, giving rise to the expression "twenty-three skidoo."Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 2Nov1903; H37499.Camera, A.E. Weed.Duration: 2:19 at 15 fps.Photographed October 26, 1903. Location: Broadway and 23rd Street, New York, N.Y.Biograph production no. 2639.Paper print shelf number (LC 1949) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed. DLCAdditional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. DLCSources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 16; AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 1194; Biograph production log; Biograph bulletins, 1896-1908, p. 199.Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985