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Boy hatching from a big egg

Tamron Hall

Easters of yesteryear

As the spring holiday draws near, here's a fond look back at some Easter celebrations of yesteryear.

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Woman in bunny costume

Springing into Easter

As we prepare for the bloom of spring, here's a fond look back at some Easter celebrations of yesteryear.
Here, this modest bunny gets suited up for Easter.

Boy hatching from a big egg

Cracking up

A boy poses for an Easter greeting card like he's hatching from a big egg.

Look what hatched

Surprise!

A woman emerges from an egg to celebrate the holiday.

Women posing with huge baskets of eggs

Party time

Women pose with huge baskets of eggs.

EASTER BONNET

Bunny ears

A woman wears an Easter basket on her head.

Joyeuses Paques

To dye for

A woman poses with decorated eggs circa 1920.

Rue Des Archives
Easter Bunny

Chick pic

A girl holds a chick for an Easter portrait taken circa 1945.

Easter Chicks

Basket of fun

A farmworker holds a basket of chicks on March 13, 1937, in England.

Cadbury Eggs

Making chocolate delights

Two women at the Cadbury's chocolate factory near Birmingham, England, work joining together chocolate Easter egg halves in preparation for Easter on Feb. 26, 1932.

Les oeufs de Paques : une petite fille dans un oeuf. Gravure in \"Le Petit Parisien\", 1902. Collection privee. ©Bianchetti/Leemage

Egg-citement

A little girl poses in and around an egg for a page in the French newspaper "Le Petit Parisien," circa 1902.

Easter Bonnet

Babe in a bonnet

An infant stares wide-eyed while emerging from a hat box marked 'Easter Bonnet' in a straw hat decorated with daisies and sunflowers circa 1945.

Lambert / Archive Photos
Easter Egg Hunt

Tethered hare

A little girl holds an Easter bunny on a leash, during a hunt for the easter eggs scattered in the grass circa 1955

George Pickow / Hulton Archive

Let's roll

Easter Egg Rolling Children Pose on the White House Lawn in 1922.

Giant Easter Egg

An Easter treat for two

Twins from Castlebar Nursery School in Sydenham, England who have been evacuated to Mersham-le-Hatch near Ashford in Kent celebrate Easter whilst awaiting adoption, March 23rd, 1940.

William Vanderson / Hulton Archive
Easter Bonnet

An eggcellent hat

A chicken hatches out of egg on a woman's hat, during an Easter parade in New York, circa 1940

Ruth Sondak / Archive Photos
Happy Shoppers

Packages of goodies

Two little shoppers in London's Oxford Street with a pair of large Easter eggs and two cartons tied up with string, April 8th, 1936.

Fpg / Hulton Archive
Subject: Children collecting easter eggs into their baskets.
Date: 1930s
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The bunny's calling card

Children collecting Easter eggs into their baskets sometime in the 1930s.

Easter Eggs Of Size

Size matters

Four cooks show off their enormous Easter eggs in March of 1923

Topical Press Agency / Hulton Archive
Easter Baby

Snacking and quacking

A toddler eating a chocolate easter egg whilst sitting next to a basket of them crowned by a toy duck on April 13th, 1935

Norman Smith / Hulton Archive
Sweet Sweet Candy

So close, yet so far

A little boy finds it hard to contain his excitement at a giant Easter egg display in a sweet shop on London's Regent Street on March 22nd, 1952.

Monty Fresco / Hulton Archive
Chocolate Eggs

Preparing for the day

Chocolate Easter eggs being given their finishing touches in a confectionery factory in 1923.

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LA QUETE DES OEUFS DE PAQUES EN ALLEMAGNE EN 1951

Eggscitement

A German child makes a discovery on an egg hunt, during the Easter weekend on March 7, 1951.

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Sucking Eggs

An Easter feaster

A little girl enjoys a large chocolate Easter egg, circa 1930

Fpg / Hulton Archive
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