Buying Easter flowers, Union Square, New York City, April 18, 1908 (the Saturday before Easter) by Bains News Service, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Things look pretty calm in these pictures, but only a week and a half before, on March 28, the park was the scene of a demonstration by the unemployed and then a bombing, which killed the bomber and a bystander.
Since 1976, Union Square has been the site of a thriving greenmarket (every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday), which includes flower sellers.
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Happy Easter!
Happy Easter to you too! Wish I were there.
Thank you for sharing these photos of my hometown. 🙂
They’re so nice. I would have like to have been in Union Square to buy Easter Saturday flowers.