#and dare i say Teddy Roosevelt is Jacks god /j

[thatoneandlonelyemo2005]

thank you 🥺😭 I enjoyed this way too much

Random Details in the Newsboys' Lodging House

@thatoneandlonelyemo2005 this one's for you :)

This isn't technically the lodging house, but look! An advertisement outside of what one can only assume is a bookstore for 10 cent novels right outside the lodging house. Is this perhaps where Jack bought (or stole) his cowboy comic?

Specs is not only sleeping in the most unnatural looking position known to man, but he is also exhibiting serial killer behavior by sleeping with his glasses on.

There are four milk bottles (and two darker bottles) lined up on the floor behind Kloppman in this picture. Imagine, if you will, Kloppman going out of his way to make sure his boys have milk to drink and then try not to cry about it.

My beautiful child boots is sleeping with his boots.

In the shot above you can really get a sense of all of the drawings, prints, clippings, and postcards that cover the walls of the bunk room. In Newsies UK, Jack's 'penthouse' is decorated in a similar fashion (the above picture doesn't quite do it justice but I'm not sure if I am at liberty of sharing boot screenshots.) It's really cool to see, whether intentional or not.

I also wonder whether these drawings and pictures decorating the lodging house walls might have inspired the musical in making Jack an artist?

Crutchy's hat is on Jack's bunk. Theory one: Jack and Crutchy are best friends/brothers and trust each other with their belongings. Theory two: Jack and Crutchy are best friends/brothers and Jack stole Crutchy's hat like siblings do.

Above you can see more drawings/pictures as well as the monopoly that Racetrack and Snipeshooter have on cups and drinking water. These are prime location bunks. If you wake up in the middle of the night and need a cup of water, you have to do through them (+ possibly Blink and Snipe's bunkmate who doesn't know how to wear socks).

More drawings and yup that is Mr. Rough Rider Roosevelt himself. Aka more proof that Francis Sullivan Jack Kelly is Teddy's biggest fan.

Bless these poor boys who don't know how to make their beds. Once again you can see more drawings and pictures tacked around the room. There's also a desk and chairs under the window with an oil lamp.