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- Office Xmas Party: 1925
- ... a hallowed holiday tradition here at Shorpy: The Office Christmas Party! Which has been going on for 96 years now. Will Clarence in ... desk jobs in the boring adult world. Just WAIT until the Christmas party, though!
The oil can Of course the bear and the cabin ... Posted by Dave - 12/19/2021 - 12:58pm -
- Merry Christmas: 1913
- The colorized Christmas tree is back, 107 years after its debut in Madison Square. Happy holidays from Shorpy!
New York, December 1913. "Christmas tree, Madison Square." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Bain News ... Posted by Dave - 12/25/2020 - 7:11am -
- Merry Christmas From 1954
- We're all dolled up for Christmas Day and a visit by my godmother and her family. She's in front ... all shades of purple. From all of us to all of you: Merry Christmas!
Wonderful news Mal!
Merry Christmas Shorpy Friends Made it home for Christmas Eve, surgery went well. ... Posted by tterrace - 12/26/2021 - 1:49pm -
- Merry Christmas!
- New York, December 1913. "Christmas tree, Madison Square." 8x10 glass negative, G.G. Bain Collection. ... Ahhhhhh!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhh!!!
Ohhhhhhhh!!!
Merry Christmas! Thank you Dave! Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Beautiful!
Merry Christmas.
Shorpy ... Posted by Dave - 02/04/2012 - 4:04pm -
- Santa Baby: 1952
- ...
Next year I could be oh so good
If you'd check off my Christmas list
Boo doo bee doo
Santa honey, I wanna yacht and really ... and hurry down the chimney tonight
Come and trim my Christmas tree
With some decorations bought at Tiffany's
I really do ... Posted by Dave - 09/12/2011 - 11:11am -
- Our Lady of Lourdes School
- ... 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. ... are my most vivid memories of the school. The spring and Christmas plays that were held each year. Recess outside during lunchtime. ... Posted by Dave - 02/14/2017 - 11:50am -
- The Queen: 1926-2022
- ... appreciated her steady presence on my money and during her Christmas addresses and at so many events where one saw people bowing and ... Posted by Dave - 09/08/2022 - 9:28pm -
- Koh-I-Noor: 1902
- ... 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 -
- A Dickey Christmas: 1923
- "Dickey Christmas tree, 1923." The family of Washington lawyer Raymond Dickey, whose ... are everyone's eyes so sad? Don't they know it's Christmas? (Maybe this the custom of the day, to look somber in a holiday ... track on the floor to the right. Wonder if a wee little Christmas choo-choo was part of the decorations, or a gift done opened and set ... Posted by Dave - 12/24/2021 - 2:57pm -
- Southside Easter: 1941
- ... so I left it there. My husband bought it for me for Christmas that same year. I fell in love with "my boys" (as I call them) as ... Posted by Dave - 04/17/2022 - 8:16am -
- Good Old Guckenheimer: 1938
- December 1938. "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Christmas tree over the door of a bar on Market Street." Medium format nitrate ...
Good Grief! Hey Charlie Brown! We found your Christmas tree!
Charlie Brown called -- You know the rest.
Victim of ... Posted by Dave - 08/11/2022 - 12:22pm -
- Christmas in Columbus: 1955
- December 1955. Columbus, Georgia. "Christmas decorations on Broadway." 4x5 inch acetate negative from the Shorpy ... guess that was the trend in urban planning then.
Blue Christmas Is that Elvis with an electric guitar under the Kress awning performing Blue Christmas?
[Or an acoustic mandolin. - Dave]
Forward in Time ... Posted by Dave - 05/10/2022 - 10:45am -
- Christmas Stockings: 1950
- ... aunt and uncle’s house just outside of Baltimore during Christmas. Elvis will be on the record player and there will be a fake Christmas tree set up, kinda like the ones at Gimbel's, but covered with angel ... Posted by Dave - 05/22/2022 - 12:28pm -
- Christmas Loot: 1951
- "Xmas 1951." Christmas Past, and Christmas presents. Our 12th slide from this batch of 35mm Kodachromes ... I had an H gun and cowgirl outfit!!! That kid had a good Christmas!!
Cushman chair The chair he is on looks to be a Cushman ... Posted by Dave - 12/26/2021 - 3:33pm -
- 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 ... clothing.
Window dressing Well that is a perfect Christmas tree and the slight blur adds a little dreamy magic that is nice. But ... Posted by tterrace - 12/26/2021 - 1:46pm -
- Little Italy: 1900
- ... have a cellphone. Thanks for this fascinating picture.
Christmas Pilgrimage My wife's family is originally from New York and part of the holiday ritual is a trip to Mulberry Street each Christmas Eve to procure the goodies for a proper Holiday meal. Alleva Dairy, ... Posted by Dave - 05/09/2020 - 6:49pm -
- 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 ... enough (1957)for me to buy the thing I'd always wanted for Christmas but, because I was a girl, never got. Unfortunately, he was still at ... Posted by der_bingle - 12/09/2008 - 6:58pm -
- Modern Family: 1914
- ... from the family of Washington lawyer Raymond Dickey! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.
"Dickey tree, 1914." Our fifth Christmas visit with the family of Washington lawyer Raymond Dickey, whose ... Posted by Dave - 12/22/2020 - 10:24am -
- The Last Yule Log: 1984
- December 24, 1984. My father's last Christmas Eve, twenty-five years ago this week. View full size.
Love ... it means a lot to me and it's not my father.
Merry Christmas!
Great one What a touching picture, tterrace. Is that house ... Posted by tterrace - 12/11/2016 - 2:15pm -
- Christmas Special: 1962
- ... 1962 and family and friends have gathered for a near-Christmas dinner. I've just gotten my first 35mm camera, a Kodak Retinette, and ... still in his supermarket work garb, so it's obviously not Christmas day. Next to me in front are Aunt Grace and Uncle Jack, my mother's ... Posted by tterrace - 12/24/2015 - 3:54pm -
- Christmas Story: 1919
- December 1919. "Baker Christmas tree." Secretary of War Newton Baker, wife Elizabeth and children ... that today.
Contest Entry? A neighborhood Clumsy Christmas Tree Contest is the only reasonable explanation for this grotesque ... like little Jack got the 1919 equivalent of an iPod for Christmas.
Charlie Brown called and he wants his tree back. I don't mean ... Posted by Dave - 09/13/2011 - 4:34pm -
- 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 ... dish set in a different room or house.
Candles on a Christmas tree... ... has got to be the most optimistic decoration ever.
... Posted by Dave - 01/16/2008 - 5:15pm -
- Filene's Basement: 1963
- ... 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 -
- 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 every year, and then attend Midnight ... Posted by Dave - 07/17/2012 - 10:22pm -
- From All of Us: 1921
- Washington, D.C. "Dickey Christmas tree, 1921." Our annual holiday card featuring the family of lawyer ... trees Wow. It never ceases to amaze me how different Christmas trees looked back in the day. I don't mean the decorations, I mean ... that have been posted here that I'm curious.
Conical Christmas This photo makes me wonder - When did the current "pointy ... Posted by Dave - 04/29/2014 - 1:44pm -
- Eggstravaganza: 1972
- ... holiday mashup, an homage to one of our favorite vintage Christmas tree ornaments. The brown ones were made via the traditional onion ... Posted by tterrace - 04/17/2022 - 9:59am -
- A Poor Diet: 1936
- December 1936: "Christmas dinner in home of Earl Pauley near Smithfield, Iowa. Dinner consisted ... by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.
Christmas Dinner Makes me want to cry.
- Calli.
Christmas Dinner It's sad
I bet that pie tasted sweet I bet that pie ... Posted by Dave - 09/07/2011 - 9:43pm -
- 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 ... imagine, so these fellas had to let things slide. Merry Christmas to ALL!!! (but when More (allegedly) wrote "A Visit From St. ... Posted by Dave - 04/29/2014 - 1:40pm -
- Christmas in Miami: 1954
- ... worth reheating over the Shorpy Duraflame.
"Christmas 1954." My grandmother Sarah Hall (1904-2000) in her living room in ... also made the curtains. She was, needless to say, big on Christmas. 35mm Kodachrome. View full size.
A lovely lady and a ... Posted by Dave - 02/29/2020 - 9:27pm -
- Christmas in Buffalo: c. 1910
- Christmas with my grandparents in Buffalo, New York. They are the couple on ... pretty dangerous. My mother recalled one of her childhood Christmas trees catching fire from one of the wax candles (mid to late 1930's). ... pictures from her childhood, so it's nice to see what her Christmas tree probably looked like.
Real candles Wonderful image. One ... Posted by bhappel - 11/24/2009 - 3:25pm -
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