Pussy willows, Easter eggs, and a sweet little girl
Kathy Pinna French Victorian beauty - Happy Easter!
Daniel Pinna Not only is the woman beautiful, this Easter card was beautifully colored. We want those eggs!
Russian Easter Card - wow!
Daniel Pinna This circa 1900 Easter card is beautiful art.
I'll get you, my pretty!
Kathy Pinna This Easter Bunny is just plain disturbing - ask the baby on his lap!
He's thrilled with his White House basket!
Daniel Pinna The prize basket at the 1923 Easter Egg Roll had lots of little critters - hope it had some candy, too.
MOMMY . . . I'll be good!!
Kathy Pinna These children wouldn't feed - or take candy from - this Easter Bunny! (And we don't blame them.)
This boy isn't sure about the Easter Bunny . . .
Kathy Pinna It looks like he's asking "Are you sure this isn't a unicorn?" (We're not sure either!)
Hey Mom!
Kathy Pinna But the little girl looks calm about the whole Easter Bunny confusion.
Who's faster?
Kathy Pinna We're betting on Superman. After all, he's faster than a speeding bullet - and the Easter Bunny is just dressed for a fancy dance.
Sunrise service on Mt. Rubidoux
Daniel Pinna The Easter sunrise service on Mt. Rubidoux began in 1909 and is the longest running outdoor service in the U.S. - except for Easter 2020 and 2021 when services are being live-streamed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Sweet bunny . . .
Daniel Pinna So cute - 1929 Easter Egg Roll. She's feeding her candy to the stuffed bunny.
Dance the Maypole!
Daniel Pinna Generally associated with May Day (May 1), the Easter Egg Roll at the White House in 1929 had a Maypole.
Greek Catholic Easter
Daniel Pinna A celebration of Easter in the Greek Catholic Church, 1985 Hungary
Mmm Mmmm . . . good!
Daniel Pinna At the 1911 White House Easter Egg Roll, these two boys only cared about the candy.
In their Easter finest
Off to church in 1950 Texas.
Awwww . . .
Megan Henderson Father and daughter on Easter - look closely. Her doll is forgotten while her bunny is the star.
Easter bunny . . . and turtle?
Donna Amrine-Hurley Easter baskets are full of goodies - in this 1968 photo, one held a turtle!
Happy Easter from Russia
Daniel Pinna The lambs, the family scene, the pop of color - this 1917 Easter card is so lovely.
1890 Easter Parade
AncientFaces A drawing of the Easter Parade on 5th Avenue, New York.
Wartime Easter
Daniel Pinna A 1945 World War II photo of soldiers on Easter day. The basket lid says "Easter Eggs for Hitler" and one of the bombs says "Happy Easter, Adolph"
Philadelphia Easter - they've got 'tude!
This 1953 photo of 3 siblings is adorable - and you can see their personalities.
1912 Easter Parade - packed!
AncientFaces Lots of hats, lots of people - how can you show off at the Easter Parade when there are so many people?
You better find all those eggs before they spoil
Daniel Pinna The Easter Bunny still reigned supreme in 1950. Hunting for eggs in the back yard.
Mom and daughter Easter hats
1952 Colorado - the hats were on and church was waiting.
Oh, the flowers!
AncientFaces Easter flowers for sale in 1908 New York.
Easter Bunny threatened!
AncientFaces In 1939, scientists were developing ways for hens to lay eggs in colors - threatening the Easter Bunny? Evil scientists!
Eleanor Roosevelt Easter
Daniel Pinna This is Eleanor at the 1939 White House Easter Egg Roll. It was cancelled later in the 1940's due to World War II.
Trampling the White House lawn
Daniel Pinna Eisenhower brought back the annual Easter Egg Roll - and 6,000 people came in 1953!
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