Easter - 5th Ave. 1912 – Vintage Print
(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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This historic photograph of Easter - 5th Ave. 1912 brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Easter - 5th Ave. 1912
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Fifth Avenue in New York was the heart of the city's Easter Parade, when churchgoers strolled the avenue in new spring clothes after Easter services. This 1912 glass negative belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by the Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied news pictures to newspapers in the early twentieth century. By then, showing off new hats and finery on Easter Sunday was a long-established custom, and it drew photographers to the avenue each spring. The title comes from caption information recorded by the agency and has not been independently verified, so the exact spot on the avenue is worth checking.
| 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 | 5,685 × 4,228 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11573 |
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