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May Day party entering Central Park, New York, U.S.A. – Antique Wall Art

May Day party entering Central Park, New York, U.S.A., North Bennington, Vt. : H.C. White Co., c1907. — historic photograph
May Day party entering Central Park, New York, U.S.A., North Bennington, Vt. : H.C. White Co., c1907.. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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A May Day party makes its way into Central Park in this stereograph, a pair of nearly identical photographs meant to be viewed through a stereoscope as a single three-dimensional scene. The H.C. White Co. of North Bennington, Vermont, issued many such cards around 1907, when parlor viewers gave families a popular form of armchair travel. May Day was widely marked in the early twentieth century with processions, costumes and dancing, and parks made natural settings for these gatherings. The card carries a U.S. copyright notice, a sign of how publishers guarded their views.

Created / publishedNorth Bennington, Vt. : H.C. White Co., c1907.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenreStereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH89245 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 66.
SubjectsCentral Park (New York, N.Y.)--1900-1910. Parades & processions--New York (State)--New York--1900-1910. May Day--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,277 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-182207

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