Poster for Sweet Violets

Sweet Violets (2012)

  • Documentary

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.

Release date
January 1, 2012
Runtime
40m
Language
English
Director
Tobe Carey
Status
Released
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