newyears

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Jewish People and History - Ancient and Modern, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Does anyone know what a "Jewish New Year Parade" is? As far as I know there is no such thing, and a google search got me nowhere (except back here)! Maybe they mean Tashlikh or maybe Jews at a parade on 1 January!?

i have never heard of this before, either... very curious... i will do some hunting when i can, too...

Probably a misnomer. The photographer or person cataloging it noted many people dressed up and walking in the same direction (to the synagogue) and called it a parade.

Building is too windowed for a warehouse - maybe a factory or even a school. There's a wall plaque just before the right border; maybe with sufficient resolution it could be read. Agree that 'parade' is misnomer/misinterpretation, but Sept 12, 1912 was indeed the beginning of Rosh Hashonah. They must have been on the way to services..

New York Times story, January 4, 1914, takes note of upcoming costume parties among NYC socialites: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=980CE7D91F3BE6... Other Bain/LOC photos of guests at a costume party in New York City (the lacy backdrop is the same in all seven photos):

its lyk a human being

Thanks for sharing this! We used a cleaned up copy in our holiday safety tips article at www.uab.edu/ohs.

Glad you were able to use this image, and we appreciate the photo credit on your site! Mary U.S. National Archives