Easter - 5th Ave. 1912 – Historic 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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A window into the past: Easter - 5th Ave. 1912, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Easter - 5th Ave. 1912
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Fifth Avenue in New York was the center of the city's Easter Sunday promenade, when churchgoers and strollers dressed in new spring clothes and walked up and down the avenue after services. The title on this 1912 glass negative comes from caption data the Bain News Service recorded, which the Library of Congress notes is unverified, so the exact moment is uncertain. The Bain News Service was one of the early commercial picture agencies, and its photographers covered street life, fashion, and public events for newspapers. Images like this one capture how the parade looked and who took part in it in the years before the First World War.
| 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 | 5,760 × 4,266 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11577 |
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