The Third Avenue El, which is seen prominently in this short, made its film debut in this short, but was also included in many subsequent films, especially Film Noirs like The Lost Weekend (1945), The Dark Corner (1946), The Naked City (1948), The Window (1949), and Side Street (1949).
The Bowery originally included Peter Stuyvesant's retirement home after the British had taken over the city and included farms established by freed slaves. Its original name was based on the Dutch word "bouwerij".
The Bowery is not only the name of a street, it is also the name of its larger surrounding neighborhood.
In the beginning, the film lists many "cast-off" items like a shotgun, shoes, and clothes, there is a reference to a cast-off fad which shows a tattoo parlor. Unforeseen by this short, tattoo parlors experienced a renaissance in the late 20th century which is still thriving in the early 21st century.