Easter - 5th Ave. 1912 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Easter - 5th Ave. 1912. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Easter - 5th Ave. 1912
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Fifth Avenue in New York City, on Easter Sunday in 1912, is the setting for this glass negative, a stretch of street long tied to the city's holiday promenade. After church services, churchgoers and well-dressed residents walked the avenue in new spring clothes and elaborate hats, a custom that drew crowds throughout the early twentieth century. The George Grantham Bain News Service, which made this negative, sold pictures of such events to newspapers and magazines, so the image records a shared civic ritual as much as one moment. Look closely at the hats and outfits, which show how seasonal dress signaled both prosperity and pride.
| Created / published | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,766 × 4,216 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11574 |
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