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Silent Night (colorized): 1940
Submitted by Dennis Klassen on Thu, 03/25/2010 - 4:00pm.
Woodstock, VT. Main Street, 1940. View full size.
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Kids' Table: 1966
Submitted by PJMoore on Wed, 01/07/2009 - 10:03pm.
The kids' table in my mother's newly remodeled kitchen in Mount Airy, North Carolina. I'm the girl on the right. It's either Thanksgiving or Christmas 1966. Kitchen is still the same except the oven door was replaced with a white one sometime in the 1980s. Kodachrome slide. View full size.
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Toy Story: 1921
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/01/2008 - 1:53pm.
Washington circa 1921. A closeup of the Sport Mart Christmas window display seen here. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Italian Festa: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 07/09/2007 - 4:26am.
"Italian Festa." Circa 1912 street festival in New York's Little Italy. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size | Even bigger.
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