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- Office Xmas Party: 1925
- ... It's the week before Christmas, time for a hallowed holiday tradition here at Shorpy: The Office ... assert that there was flash. Who knows, maybe there's a window somewhere.
That Office Girl I find her the most intriguing face ... Posted by Dave - 12/19/2022 - 12:38pm -
- Merry Christmas: 1913
- The colorized Christmas tree is back, 107 years after its debut in Madison Square. Happy ... and others (especially tterrace) have provided a boundless window into the past and countless hours spent away from the stresses of the ... Posted by Dave - 12/25/2020 - 7:11am -
- Our Lady of Lourdes: 1914
- ... did have a annual spring play using the stage and we had a Christmas concert. There was a way into the church from the back of the school. ... those empty houses. Afternoons we'd go in through a back window to study and do our homework. We didn't break anything, and at our age ... Posted by Dave - 12/13/2022 - 12:33pm -
- Koh-I-Noor: 1902
- Detroit, Michigan, circa 1902: "Window display, art and drafting supplies." Our second look at Richmond & ... Beyond the scope of the photograph, the reflections in the window are intriguing. I see an Army recruitment center across the street. Is ... just waiting to be nibbled on!
Dear Santa With Christmas fast approaching, can you go back in time and get me that Thatcher ... Posted by Dave - 09/13/2011 - 11:52pm -
- Tinsel-Free Christmas: 1955
- ... December 1955. Here's our family's entry in the Shorpy Christmas tree sweepstakes. Devoid of any jolly celebrants, unfortunately, but ... Wise Men. Sharp-eyed observers may note that on the window seat, the fishbowl, vacant a year later , here appears to be ... Posted by tterrace - 12/26/2021 - 1:46pm -
- Christmas Story: 1953
- Christmas 1953. Oak Park, Illinois. My cousin Tom experiencing the thrill of ... family shot. WOW! what great memories. Thank you and Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Tinsel Hazards Here's a question for ... about 9 years old too.
Windows 53 Love those window blinds.
All our cats have eaten tinsel. It makes the litter box more ... Posted by der_bingle - 12/09/2008 - 6:58pm -
- Christmas With Wilbur and Orville: 1900
- December 1900. Christmas tree in the home of Wilbur and Orville Wright at 7 Hawthorn Street in ... There's a lot of detail here for fans of old-school Christmas decoration. Zoom the gifts. Update: Niece Bertha is shown ... a ceiling.
What? No "fragile" leg lamp in the window?
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Presents Beneath the Tree I ... Posted by Dave - 01/16/2008 - 5:15pm -
- 30 Rock: 1933
- ... are very dramatic. When I was a small child, at Christmas, my family would go to the Christmas Pageant at Radio City Music Hall ... have posted. I work around the corner, and can look out my window at 30 Rock from 6th Avenue... my building wasn't built until 1973. Thank ... Posted by Dave - 07/17/2012 - 10:22pm -
- Merry Christmas From the Family
- "Dickey Christmas tree, 1922." Our fourth holiday visit with the family of Washington lawyer Raymond Dickey, who has a decade's worth of Christmas portraits in the archives of the National Photo Co. Some of which ... of richness" and for drawing back the curtains over a window into the fascinating 3-D web of lives of his family and friends.
... Posted by Dave - 04/29/2014 - 1:40pm -
- Christmas in Buffalo: c. 1910
- Christmas with my grandparents in Buffalo, New York. They are the couple on ... Grandmother seems distracted by something outside a window. In the front, Jr. can't wait to gulp down that holiday punch, while ... pretty dangerous. My mother recalled one of her childhood Christmas trees catching fire from one of the wax candles (mid to late 1930's). ... Posted by bhappel - 11/24/2009 - 3:25pm -
- Christmas in Miami: 1954
- ... worth reheating over the Shorpy Duraflame.
"Christmas 1954." My grandmother Sarah Hall (1904-2000) in her living room in ... Classy That is a seriously tasteful room. The tailored window dressing helps to tone down the old style furniture. The subdued red and ... Posted by Dave - 02/29/2020 - 9:27pm -
- Shop Early for Xmas: 1922
- ... glass negative. View full size. Update: For the window-shoppers among us, I've posted a bigger closeup here .
Lionel ... Stores could use them for window displays during Christmas. The rest as they say is history. Great picture. Also, just can't ... brother, handkerchiefs or an autograph book for Sis, etc. Christmas will never be as meaningful as when we had to budget every cent ... Posted by Dave - 11/06/2015 - 12:35am -
- Clam Chowder Today: 1905
- ... in front of that building.
Haunting Best face-in-a-window shot in a long time. Looks like a painting, and speaks of timeless ... and canceled all motion-picture exhibition licenses on Christmas Eve 1908. Perhaps that's why he was not encouraged to run for ... Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 2:37pm -
- Merry Christmas: 1951
- A Christmas chestnut from the Tuttle attic:
"Tree -- Dec. 25, 1951." Merry Christmas from Blue Earth, Minnesota, and from Shorpy! 35mm Kodachrome by Grace ... we did not have was that white stuff you can see thru the window. Never did experience a white Christmas until I was 16.
Thanks for ... Posted by Dave - 12/25/2017 - 10:32am -
- Good Old Guckenheimer: 1938
- December 1938. "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Christmas tree over the door of a bar on Market Street." Medium format nitrate ... the eave, the blinds raised and a small houseplant in each window, and the lights on inside so you can see Christmas decorations and a ... Posted by Dave - 08/11/2022 - 12:22pm -
- Christmas Eve 1954
- ... this was the same year my brother took me to see Rear Window . But, since it's the only one of me hanging my Christmas stocking (or of anybody in our family hanging one), I'm stuck ... Posted by tterrace - 06/24/2009 - 5:04pm -
- Yesterday's News: 1940
- ... "Men and a woman reading headlines posted in window of Brockton Enterprise newspaper office on Christmas Eve." 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. View full size. ... Santa and that he might not finish up his route until Christmas morning!
Men Without Hats The style changed, I believe, with ... Posted by Dave - 03/28/2018 - 8:56am -
- Nawlins: 1903
- ... and Pfaff printers (displayed here across a 3rd-story window) led to an incredibly-informative biography of William Pfaff.
... this vantage point.
Streetcars and Saints I spent Christmas in New Orleans with the girlfriend, and was surprised to find out ... Posted by Dave - 07/19/2012 - 4:32pm -
- The Christmas Tree: 1950
- "Sierras, 1950, Nevada." The Christmas Tree Lodge on the Mount Rose Highway south of Reno is the backdrop ... Sierras.
Egad! Looks like some kind of surplus window size experiment.
Snowmobility I had a hat like the young man is ... Ontario in 1952. We are bundled up like the kids in "A Christmas Story."
A Christmas Story THOSE are the icicles that have been ... Posted by Dave - 03/07/2021 - 8:56pm -
- Christmas Corner: 1921
- ... Market Space." A nighttime view of the festive six-Santa Christmas display previously seen here . National Photo Company Collection ... "Hey, how tall are those rooftop Santas? 10 feet?"
Window dressers Window dressing must be a lost art! I remember all the ... Posted by Dave - 07/17/2012 - 10:35pm -
- Five and Ten: 1921
- ... D.C., circa 1921. "Whistle Bottling Works. Woolworth window." An elaborate dime-store window display for Whistle orange soda, "the ... and Ten When I hear "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas," I wonder if people under 30 or even 35 know what the term "five and ... Posted by Dave - 09/12/2011 - 10:35am -
- Filene's Basement: 1963
- ... down shortly Those three with their backs to the store window are up to no good.
The View Today This is the same location ... in West Side Story. He attributes his appearance in White Christmas with Rosemary Clooney in the "You Didn't Do Right By Me" dance number ... Posted by Dave - 04/10/2022 - 11:51am -
- A Hotpoint Christmas
- An appliance store at night. Christmas 1931. View full size.
Stocking Stuffers Nothing says Merry Christmas quite like a new appliance! I'm sure that was tops on the list of ... Can we go inside, please? I just want to look around!
Window Dressing This store doesn't look very big or important, but look at ... Posted by John.Debold - 11/07/2008 - 10:20pm -
- Motoress: 1921
- ... Washington, D.C., circa 1921. "Woodward & Lothrop window." Department store display with a motoring theme. National Photo glass ... Santa I'd like that huge and well crafted model car for Christmas.
The American Guide K2, I have a copy of that book, too. I ... Posted by Dave - 07/24/2012 - 9:48pm -
- Gifted: 1951
- ... E.S. - Dec 25 1951." It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in this latest episode of Minnesota Kodachromes . Photo by Hubert ...
Mercury Options This car has the accessory rear-window wiper.
A joy of living that transcends decades and continents ... Posted by Dave - 12/21/2014 - 9:54am -
- Father's Only Vise: 1962
- ... how many of you wouldn't be thrilled to get a new vise for Christmas? Father seems pleased with this ultra-modern, high-tech aluminum ... Kodachrome II slide by me. View full size.
A window into the past. Thanks for sharing that photo. If I had one like that ... Posted by tterrace - 12/10/2010 - 4:34pm -
- Stocking-Stuffer: 1922
- Washington, D.C., circa 1922. "Oldsmobile sales window." Some of us beyond a certain age might remember the Oldsmobile, or even ... I! I was sad when they went out of production.
Merry Christmas and Best Wishes to everyone at Shorpy.
My first car was an ... Posted by Dave - 07/24/2012 - 9:56pm -
- Canyonland: 1908
- ... Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Window shopping How I would love to have a little time for window shopping ... but well worth the time and distance. Especially during Christmas holidays as Kaufmanns always had wonderful animated windows full of ... Posted by Dave - 08/30/2013 - 11:36am -
- City Hall: 1903
- ... size of a child.
Logo? The mullions in that round window certainly must be intended to represent a globe and with the olive ... hardware store, Osgood's, gave out bricks from it for Christmas presents to it's its customers.
(The Gallery, DPC, Small ... Posted by Dave - 03/10/2022 - 2:30pm -
- Electric Santa: 1921
- ... too thought that "Xmas" was part of the secularization of Christmas.
Prices Electric lights must have been extravagant back then. ... bad it didn't quite work out for Harry, but I love these window-dressing photos. The way they put the objects of the day in such ... Posted by Dave - 09/12/2011 - 10:48am -
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