Forgotten Lives Behind the Photographs and Artifacts
Easters Ago
As the Northern Hemisphere explodes with green life, let’s take a look back at rebirth celebrations of yesteryear.
A beautiful early Easter image, probably 1890s.The 1898 5th Avenue Easter Parade, New York City, New York. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.Children at the 1898 White House Easter Egg Roll. Courtesy Library of Congress.
An early 1930s Norwegian Easter postcard. Courtesy National Library of Norway.All dressed up as rabbits, circa 1935. Photo courtesy simpleinsomnia.Two happy boys, one sketchy Rabbit, circa 1940.An eggsplosive early 1950s Easter bonnet.A happy Easter morn in the mid-1950s.The Easter Bunny has struck and these kids couldn’t be more pleased. Circa 1960.The Kennedy family celebrates Easter at the Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., Residence in Palm Beach, 14 April, 1963. Courtesy Library of Congress.A Polaroid of Easter finery, 1967.My sister and I in our Easter best, Annandale, Virginia, circa 1968.Children meet the Easter Bunny at the White House, 1975. Courtesy National Archives.
"Your Dying Charlotte" 
My mother’s sister used to buy us matching Easter outfits, but she always bought mine too big, so I was usually a year or two behind. 🙂
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