Sweet Violets

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Sweet Violets

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2012
0h 40m
Documentary
new york state

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.

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Directed by

Tobe Carey

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