ivyday

This was the day of the joint commencement of Columbia University and Barnard College, June 7, 1911. Other Bain/LOC photos taken on that day:

So that's what it said on that sign!

Edison's "New Living Pictures" are also featured in this shot of the Cork Coliseum:

The inscription on the monument reads: To Charles Stewart Parnell No Man has a right to fix the Boundary to the march of a nation No man has a right To say to his country Thus far shat thou Go and no further We have never Attempted to fix The ne-plus-ultra To the progress of Ireland’s nationhood And we never shall At the base of the statue the Irish inscription reads: Go roimhigid Dia Éire da Clainn

The site on the corner where the bookseller is was redeveloped in 1921 - so before then. Name: BATCHELOR & HICKS Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, O'CONNELL STREET UPPER, NO. 037 (PROVINCIAL BANK) Date: 1921-1922 Nature: New bank on corner site. Classical. Contractor: G. & T. Crampton.

There's a member of the Dublin Metropolitan Police "C" District from Fitzgibbon Street Station (closed in the recent round of closures) wearing full rain gear. I wouldn't like to have been controlling that junction for eight hours in the rain.

More on the 1913 Graduation: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00C15F93F5B13738...

Other Bain/LOC photos of Ivy Day (commencement day) at Barnard College, the sister college of Columbia University, June 7, 1911:

Thank you Wystan and artolog for your comments on the dates of these images, which encouraged us to look at them more closely. The above image and the two noted in Wystan's comment are from the same Barnard Ivy day celebration which took place in June 1911. Take a look at the ivy plant under the columns and the woman in the white headband on the left who appears in the back of the crowd in all three images. The above image appears to show the class of 1913 holding a banner, standing across from the graduating class of 1911, who are in caps and gowns.

this one's misdescribed and mis-tagged. It's "Ivy day", not "May Day"

artlog and Wystan: Thanks for noticing this typo. We'll correct the description next time we update!

Other Bain/LOC photos of Ivy Day (commencement day) at Barnard College, June 7, 1911:

Hi Wystan: thanks for your comment about the date of this image. After taking a closer look, it appears that the image you refer to in your note is from the same event as the above image and this one www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163523756/ which is dated 6/7/11 in the image. The ivy plant under the columns and the woman in the white headband on the left in the back of the crowd appear in all three images. The above image seems to show the class of 1913 holding a banner, standing across from the graduating class of 1911, who are in caps and gowns.

An ivy stone or Ivy Day stone is a class memorial stone unveiled at annual Ivy Day celebrations at older colleges in the Northeastern United States. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_stone