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- Merry Christmas: 1913
- The colorized Christmas tree is back, 105 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 - 12/25/2018 - 10:15am -
- Office Xmas Party: 1925
- ... a hallowed holiday tradition here at Shorpy: The Office Christmas Party! Which has been going on for 93 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 - 12/14/2018 - 8:44am -
- 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 -
- 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 -
- 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 - 09/29/2011 - 6:18pm -
- The Natural: 1954
- ... by himself, and he always will be. RIP Nat.
Nana & Christmas My grandmother had a Nat King Cole 8-track (and later cassettes) of his Christmas music that she would just about play on a constant loop during the ... Posted by Dave - 10/08/2019 - 1:07am -
- 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 - 07/18/2012 - 3:33pm -
- Southdale Center: 1956
- ... Cafe, and oh so many shops! I shopped there for all my Christmas gifts, and worked there in my teen years. We didn't hang out there ... Posted by Dave - 02/09/2019 - 3:36pm -
- 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 -
- 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 slide. View full size.
A lovely lady and ... Posted by Dave - 12/21/2017 - 12:05pm -
- There Was a Crooked House: 1962
- ... roll film. Also is the Kodak Brownie Starmite I got for Christmas 1961 that could at last let me shoot 2x2 color slides, but not time ... Posted by tterrace - 07/11/2019 - 1:26pm -
- 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 -
- 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 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.
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- Brattleboro Blizzard: 1940
- ... And I see an umbrella. In winter!
"Merry Christmas, Bedford Falls" This photo reminds me of the climax of "It's ... when Jimmy Stewart runs through town, shouting, "Merry Christmas, Bedford Falls!" I believe Seneca Falls claims to be the inspiration ... Posted by Dave - 05/08/2019 - 1:26pm -
- 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 -
- 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 -
- Multipurpose Room: 1940
- ... like this was when I visited relatives in Quebec one Christmas. No thanks; it's the sunny South for me.
Icicles on the eaves ... Posted by Dave - 05/21/2019 - 7:32pm -
- Old-School Tree: 1962
- ... trees can't hold a candle to a classic, heirloom festooned Christmas tree. Great photo!
P.S. I enjoy your family photos a great deal. Keep them coming.
No more Christmas trees? It's nice to see a real Christmas tree after looking for ... Posted by tterrace - 12/07/2018 - 3:52pm -
- 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 -
- White Christmas: 1954
- ... Another stocking-stuffer from the Shorpy Christmas closet:
Christmas 1954. My grandmother Sarah Hall (1904-2000, last seen here ) and ... Posted by Dave - 12/21/2017 - 12:15pm -
- 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 - 11/16/2018 - 11:06pm -
- 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 -
- A Keen Christmas: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Mrs. A.M. Keen. Christmas tree." Somewhere in there: a very tiny kitchen sink. Harris & ... I wanted to lay out a loop of track around my family's Christmas tree and run my model train on it but my parents shot me down every ... Posted by Dave - 08/23/2012 - 11:42am -
- 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 -
- Going to Town: 1940
- ... lovely town.
A Festive Note What a great Christmas card this would make. Perhaps Shorpy should branch out from selling ... Posted by Dave - 05/13/2019 - 9:38pm -
- 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 ... train And a red AMT '51 Pontiac were under our tree on Christmas 1951! Wish I had both back!
At Last! Something that can ... Posted by Dave - 12/25/2017 - 10:32am -
- Christmas Garages: 1960
- ... brother, at left, and me, at right, proudly presenting our Christmas presents, nice garages with plenty of cars and trucks. View full ... received one of those, please post the photo!
Great Christmas Santa treated you two very, very well. Did either of you go into ... Posted by 1955 - 09/14/2011 - 4:02pm -
- Noel, Iola: 1944
- ... more of Iola's life story.
"STONE WOMAN" ENJOYS
CHRISTMAS PREPAREDNESS
CHICAGO (Dec. 23, ... Theron V. Warren and little nephew Herbert Taylor trim Christmas tree.
Shorpy first lady Iola Swinnerton some 20 years ... Posted by Dave - 12/12/2018 - 12:20pm -
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