Priest blessing the food-laden table on the Saturday before Easter8d16896v
Buffalo, New York. Priest blessing the food-laden table on the Saturday before Easter at a home in the Polish community. Some bring their food in baskets to the church for blessing while others are visited by the priest. For Poles, Easter is a day of church going, visiting and feasting. This housewife spent a day preparing the food
- Date
- 1943-04
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- FSA/OWI
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 784 × 1,024 pixels
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