A commuter in New York City caught a glimpse of an old poster after an advertisement was removed from a subway station and was transported back in time.
Michelle Drozdick shared a TikTok video of the discovery, which she made at Steinway Street Station in Astoria, Queens, just before the turnstiles. The poster, which brought back memories for her was for the movie Stuart Little, which was released in 1999.
"It's been there for a good few months now but I only noticed it recently," she told Newsweek. "My dad and I saw the movie in theaters back in 1999 and it was a surprise to see it pop up now."
A poster for 1999's Stuart Little found by a commuter in a New York City subway station.A poster for 1999's Stuart Little found by a commuter in a New York City subway station.@mkdroz/TikTokIn her viral TikTok post, which has received more than 800,000 views since it was first shared on February 16, Drozdick shows the remnants of the poster, just about being able to make out that it is advertising the movie.
She wrote in the text overlay of the video: "When the subway poster gets removed and reveals one that's been there for 26 years."
"I pass this almost every day and I'm obsessed with it," she added in the caption of the viral post and in the comments section, she wrote: "It's been there for a few months and I just hope it stays that way forever."
According to New York City's Metropolitan Transport Authority, more than 3 million people use the subway system in the city on weekdays.
Drozdick's video received hundreds of comments as well as more than 89,000 likes. Among the comments were people sharing their memories of the movie as well as their reactions to the poster in the subway station.
One person, Simon Pearson, commented: "I remember having a cassette with Stuart little on it, I kept rewatching it as a kid. Eventually I lost it, it was one of them original, licensed cassettes. Still love the graphics there."
"To think he's been under there this whole time," said another user with the name Exquisite Undertones.
Quinton Jackson wrote: "That's crazy, the oldest I've ever seen was a How To Get Away With Murder poster from 2015 last year, and the first Hotel Transylvania last year as well."
"Well, this just made me feel very old. Considering in fact I went and saw that movie on my 16th birthday," said Erin Lee Wilson.
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