A number of spectators have gathered as the fisherman are hauling striped bass from the river. At their feet is a net; in the river beyond, a wooden structure.
Theater-goers stand on the sidewalk and in the street, awaiting the beginning of a performance. The men are in suits or tuxedos and the women are in dresses. A lone policeman is on duty.
Abe Stern peers out of his convertible coupe and his hound appears just behind him. He is identified as a Spring Valley policeman and the chief of the Ramapo police in the 1930's.