I came across this panel in Detective #300:
So I did a little Googling, and sure enough:
In fact, ice skating was so popular in the 19th century that a tradition of "raising the red ball" on Brooklyn streetcars was created to indicate favorable skating conditions at Prospect Park.
So I did a little Googling, and sure enough:
In fact, ice skating was so popular in the 19th century that a tradition of "raising the red ball" on Brooklyn streetcars was created to indicate favorable skating conditions at Prospect Park.
'...in the 19th century...a tradition of "raising the red ball"...was created to indicate favorable skating conditions...'
ReplyDeletePresumably because such a condition could result from falling awkwardly on the ice.
And I thought that it meant they were Japanese
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