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.
Baby in a barnyard feeding chickens. Glass-plate image, circa 1900. Photo courtesy Price and Zimmer Collection.Boy in checkered suit. Tintype, circa 1870. Ann Longmore-Etheridge Collection.Boy standing on chair. Tintype, circa 1862. Courtesy Price and Zimmer Collection.A doll with a doll. Paper print, circa 1920. Courtesy Jack and Beverly Wilgus Collection.Misses Unimpressed and Fuhgetaboudit. Albumen cabinet card, circa 1875. Ann Longmore-Etheridge Collection.