When the NYC Easter parade was the socialite event of the season

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1911

Image: Library of Congress

In the late 1800s, New York's churches began to decorate their sanctuaries with Easter flowers. Parishioners walked from church to church to inspect the floral displays — and so began the custom of the NYC Easter parade. 

Centered around Fifth Avenue and...

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