School children in Central Park, [New York City, with May poles] – Vintage Wall Art
![School children in Central Park, [New York City, with May poles], [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e9/e92cc1cef795-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with School children in Central Park, [New York City, with May poles], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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School children in Central Park, [New York City, with May poles]
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Schoolchildren gathered around several May poles in Central Park, a detail that ties this photograph to the spring festival of May Day. Maypole dancing, in which dancers hold ribbons attached to a tall pole and weave them into patterns, came to American schools from older European custom and was widely taught on playgrounds and in city parks in the early 1900s. The picture comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a body of news photographs made mainly in the first decades of the twentieth century, though the caption card gives no date. It is worth noticing how the celebration turned an open public park into a setting for organized schoolroom play.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Holidays--May Day; Children; Geogr. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,097 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-140679 |
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