Sweet Violets (2012)

January 1, 2012Documentary0h 40m

Overview

In the Gilded Age and beyond, high fashion decreed that violets were the flower of choice for Valentine's Day, Easter, and a fragrant corsage. At its height, in the years before World War I, Rhinebeck, New York, growers shipped millions of sweet violets (viola odorata) to New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago and beyond.

Videos
Similar Movies
%0
The Lost SpiritsJanuary 1, 2009
%0
The Catskill Mountain House and the World AroundJanuary 1, 2010
%0
MOUNTAIN RIVER - The Esopus Creek: Headwaters to the HudsonSeptember 26, 2020
%0
Deep Water: Building the Catskill Water SystemJanuary 1, 2002
%0
Rails to the CatskillsJanuary 1, 2014
%0
Local Heroes: Baseball on Capital Region DiamondsSeptember 25, 1995
%0
Are WE Beautiful?June 21, 2025
%0
The First Artist in America: The Life and Times of John VanderlynJanuary 1, 2017
%62
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot SpitzerNovember 5, 2010
%100
Echo Of The Past: The Terrence TowerJune 26, 2012
%0
Farm to FashionJune 13, 2026
%70
15 Miles On The Erie Canal (Part 1)March 7, 2006
%70
15 Miles On The Erie Canal (Part 2)August 6, 2006
%0
An Empire of ReasonJuly 3, 1988
%80
MOVEDecember 12, 2017
%0
Half SourApril 6, 2014
%0
City of JoelOctober 5, 2018
%0
5-1-sk8
%0
A Day with a West Point CadetFebruary 21, 1916
%0
The Dog DocApril 28, 2019