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Fifty-fifty - something better than rolling Easter eggs – Vintage Print

Fifty-fifty - something better than rolling Easter eggs, 1922 Apr. 17. — historic photograph
Fifty-fifty - something better than rolling Easter eggs, 1922 Apr. 17.. Historic photograph from the Easter collection.

(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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Fifty-fifty - something better than rolling Easter eggs comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The caption, "Fifty-fifty, something better than rolling Easter eggs," suggests the children's attention was on a shared treat rather than the traditional egg roll. The photograph was taken at the White House on April 17, 1922, the day of the Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn, a children's event that had been held there since the 1870s. The National Photo Company, a commercial firm that documented Washington life in the 1920s, recorded the scene as part of its spring 1922 coverage of the capital.

Created / published1922 Apr. 17.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesCaption continues: Snaped (i.e., snapped) at the White House today. In album: Washington, D.C., 1 April 1922 to 29 April 1922, v. 4, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 25, no. 18523. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--1920-1930. White House Easter Egg Roll--1920-1930. Children--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930. Eating & drinking--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,239 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-207483

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