#aug. 16

Bakers who knead the dough are not striking because they need more dough but because their union label does not appear on all breads. They are asking, in English and Yiddish, that no one buy bread without the union label. The demonstration took place at 7th Street and Avenue B, August 16, 1929.

The annual feast and parade of St. Rocco was held in Little Italy on August 16, 1926. The parade started at St. Joachim's Church, 26 Roosevelt St., and proceeded through the main streets of the Lower East Side. Thousands of dollars were attached to the statue of the saints, after which the feasts and reception were held back in the church.

On August 16, 1928, with air conditioning still years away, the mercury jumped 5 degrees an hour to 86 Fahrenheit, resulting in the death of one person. These boys found a remedy by diving into the East River at the foot of East 21st Street.

Looking through the premiere issue of Sports Illustrated outside the 42nd St. Library, August 16, 1954.

Italian-American Legionnaires marching in a parade on Mott Street at the Feast of San Rocco, August 16, 1942. It ended with a flag-raising ceremony in honor of the neighborhood boys who were in the Army.

Italian-American Legionnaires marching in a parade on Mott Street, at the Feast of San Rocco, August 16, 1942. It ended with a flag-raising ceremony in honor of the neighborhood boys who were in the U.S. Army.