Women's Peace Parade in New York City, 1914 ~ Vintage Everyday

June 28, 2014

Women's Peace Parade in New York City, 1914

June 28, 2014 1910s, event & history, female, life & culture, New York, street, World War I

Vintage photographs show the women's peace parade down Fifth Avenue in New York City on August 29, 1914, shortly after the start of World War I.

(Photos via Library of Congress)

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marieflairJune 28, 2014 at 3:24 PM
awesome...
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David CockerillJune 28, 2014 at 7:42 PM
What s stunning series of photographs, how slim and well dressed the girls are, the chauffeur guiding his mistress on the ice.
The do say 'every picture tells a story', well this series certainly does .
thank you
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