Girl buying an ice in Central Park in the early seventies. A time when no one was connected on line and we were all connected to each other. Kodachrome II image. 

Paris

 Relaxing at Les Jardains Du Luxenbourg, Paris on a sunday afternoon in the early seventies. 

Archival Ektachrome 100, 120 format scans

I really loved my first 120 or 6X6, format camera. It was the Yashicamat 124 and it opened up a new world of seeing images that had excellent image quality.  These slides date from the early seventies when the Seaport was still in it's planning stage.

A Saturday afternoon at the park, many years ago.

Bethesda Fountain, the heart of Central Park on a Saturday afternoon in the early seventies when people connected to each other, not to the WEB. People actually spoke and looked at each other. Strange.

You just had to be there

Weekends in Central park on late sixties and early seventies were magical. This was before the transition from hippies to hipsters. Before everybody was connected to a network. It was when people interacted with each other and when making the scene was the in thing to do. The place was wild and wonderful. You just had to be there to understand

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Look at the size of that boom box

The seventies were the glory days of boom boxes and street performances. As one can see, there were no smart phones or other distractions. People participated by paying attention to the event. These talented guys were on Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan many years ago. Where did the time go?

Making the scene

To continue our memory trip to the early seventies, instead of messaging, one made the scene. There was no better place for this than Central Park.

How did we ever manage

As you look at these photos shot in Central Park in the early seventies you note that people are interacting, looking, playing. They had no smart phones to constantly check No messages or even cell phones. how did we ever manage? Actually we were more human then.