Labor union parade, NY., May 1, 1911 (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Labor union parade, NY., May 1, 1911
May 1, 1911 (date created or published later by Bain)
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the
negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
NY
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09166
Call Number: LC-B2- 2193-1
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lawgeek, George, tonyleah, btooleri, and 29 other people added this photo to their favorites.
btooleri (58 months ago | reply)
Great photo! I've had a lot of fun trying to figure out exactly where this shot was taken.
I noticed that under the "additional information" section on the right it says it was taken some time in 1910, but the photo itself says it was taken on May 1, 1911.
locorets (58 months ago | reply)
This article from the NY Times - dated May 2, 1911 - appears to detail this parade. It calls it the "annual Socialist and organized labor May Day parade" which included "10,000 trade union members of both sexes." The parade paid special tribute to the victims of the recent Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire (as noted above). The article mentions that the parade passed the scene of the fire (the Asch building at Greene St. & Washington Pl.). Also, with regard to the umbrellas in the photo, the article states that a heavy rain began to fall as the parade approached Union Square.
query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=99 0DEFDF1E3EE2...
epicharmus (57 months ago | reply)
Oh crimony, I know exactly where this is. It's the corner of 13th Street and University Place. The building on the corner is now known as the Amalgamated Lithographers of America Building. Kevin Walsh has a current picture of it on his website; as you can see, it's lost a lot of its street-level facade.
Rob Ketcherside (51 months ago | reply)
Fur business in the foreground is addressed 121. Based on link epicharmus supplied, it's 121 University Place. That's currently a business called Bar 13.
Here's the scene in Google maps streetview.
Note that the Ninth Regiment plaque, installed in 1908, used to be to the left of the entrance. Now it's to the right, on the corner (as described in ephicharmus' link, and visible in streetview).
securitel (45 months ago | reply)
Really nice photo
I love it
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flickr4jazz (37 months ago | reply)
Note that the plaque has been moved from the left side of the entrance arch to the right. I'm assuming the missing plaque was probably a name plate for the building or the company that owned the building and has been lost to time.
Here's how the plaque looks today:
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