The Overalls Parade, Pt. II
THE SECOND PART IN A SERIES OF SORTS. READ OUR FIRST POST, FROM APRIL 24, HERE.
One hundred years ago today … Over the two days since the Overalls Parade, the newspapers were performing their postmortem. It turns out not all the circus animals and performers made it, and they were not the only ones.
New York Tribune 25 April, 1920, p. 12.
Thousands of protesters had been promised/predicted by the parade organizers in the Cheese Club and their media collaborators, but the numbers were far below that.
The Sun and New York Herald 25 April, 1920, p. 12.
To make matters worse:
New York Times 25 April, 1920, p. 18.
The News was crediting the organizers for trying:
(Note that the above photo spread features students from Erasmus High School, which we featured on March 14.)
And hey, despite the parade’s failure, the overalls movement/trend continued at a New York wedding.
WRITTEN BY JONATHAN GOLDMAN, APRIL 26, 2020
SEE JONATHAN GOLDMAN’S ESSAY ABOUT THE OVERALLS PARADE AT THE GOTHAM CENTER WEBSITE HERE.
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