Aw, man...another Shorpy masterpiece!

[Lowell]

LOL! All you need are a couple of periscopes for the trolls.

Note the Eastern? High school pillow?

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Some things never change.

[EastsideAl]

Also, I think the view in the Shorpy picture is looking up the canal from just to the east of the Casino [[which would have been under construction at the time) northwards. I believe that is the Central Ave. bridge in the background, as Stosh suggests. Which would mean that the bandstand bridge is approximately where the footpath bridge is today. Hard to say for certain, but the winter shot Stosh posted with a building to the right and what I think is a still-standing picnic shelter in the deep background makes it a little more identifiable. And the angle of the canal matches too.

Note the Eastern? High school pillow?

Could be a whole group of guys from Eastern. In addition to the "EHS" pillow I notice that there are a whole bunch of Native American themed pillows in nearby boats also populated by youngish men. And, after all, old Eastern High's nickname was the Indians.

My grandfather was an Eastern Indian on their city championship football team of 1922.