1937-05-01

Celebrations - Parades - Municipal Events - Communist Demonstration.

Celebrations, Parades and Municipal Events: Communist Demonstration 1937. No's 12-14 View 1 shows girls distributing handbills for a Soviet motion picture; No 2, a tintype photographer in action; No. 3 a boy selling pretzels. All of these views are taken at Union Square where the photographer is viewing eastward on 14th Street. The clock-tower is atop the Consolidated Edison Co. Building on Irving Place. May 1, 1937 Views: 1-2-3 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection