... at home, but bring the kids!
December 1925. "Christmas tree and Santa Claus at Crocker National Bank, Post & Montgomery ... like to offer its malevolent memory on balance to the Christmas cheer his descendants seem to be spreading here (and who, I believe, ...
Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Margaret Clark." A Christmas tree with all the trimmings, and a Buick. Harris & Ewing ... Is that ceiling light really hanging inside of the Christmas tree!?
Kitchen utensils and tinsel? Is that what it looks ...
December 1941. Washington, D.C. "Christmas shopping in Woolworth's five and ten cent store record department." ... are sales clerks working in the store.
(The Gallery, Christmas, D.C., John Collier, Stores & Markets) ...
... very well getting the Lifesavers Sweet Story Book every Christmas back in the 50s. It was a book-shaped box that opened and revealed ... also make a nod toward the LifeSaver Sweet Story Book. At Christmas we each got one and could always identify it although wrapped. Opened ...
... this in hopes it might give you a look at a splendid Christmas past. View full size.
Great detail work! You must still be ... There were times I didn't think I would get it finished by Christmas and that took all the fun out of doing it.
The snow was ...
Christmas tree at a New York lodging house in 1914. View full size. 5x7 ... where you can rent a room. - Dave]
(The Gallery, Christmas, G.G. Bain, Kids, NYC) ...
... it with bourbon every once in a while, and so was I. By Christmas that was some wonderful fruit cake! It had a lovely bourbon flavor, ... wore her hair like that and our family Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners were enormous. Lots and lots of people and food. So many, ...
... A Splendid Cigar
A Little Talk to Women About Christmas Cigar Buying
The Season of the Christmas Cigar joke is with us again. The woman who buys cigars according to ...
... I shall now subject you to a classic 1950s Eisenhower era Christmas picture, in glorious color.
This is the house that is featured ... they were nice and gave me lots of presents!
Merry Christmas to you all in the Shorpy empire. View full size.
Great photo! ...
"Dickey Christmas tree, 1915." The family of Washington lawyer Raymond Dickey, whose somewhat unhinged holiday photos are a Christmas tradition here at Shorpy. National Photo Company Collection glass ... are just likely to be joyful as not while sitting for this Christmas portrait. I found this quote from Mark Twain, which appeared in a ...
... Georgia, comes this circa 1953 image of what seems to be a Christmas party at a laundry. Be of good CHEER, and a happy yule TIDE to ALL! ... lit tree!!
So sad... This has got to be the saddest Christmas photo I've ever seen. I'd hate to see the rest of the place if this ...
Columbus, Ga., circa 1955. "Toys for Christmas." Starring Zany Puppets, a Transogram "Disneyland" board game, ... all over the place from these pistols.
Pretty Good Christmas Morning Haul For a boy anyway. But can you imagine finding all ... for a single toy Unicorn for my little grand daughter at Christmas).
Mystery model The model looks familiar, like a TV actress. ...
Washington, D.C., circa 1910. "Harris, Martha. Christmas tree." The home of Harris & Ewing co-founder George Harris and ... permanent as opposed being a holiday enhancement.
Christmas Camo The pictures on the walls are completely lost in the ...
Christmas shoppers in New York City. Photo from the Bain News Service ... is also a bit odd because it's so large!
(The Gallery, Christmas, G.G. Bain, NYC) ...
... by Columbia in 1948. I'd like to think this was a Christmas present. View full size.
Player and record Steelman ... me from their mailing list. Those were the days.
Christmas season? Small tree in the window.
In the 1960s my dad picked ...
... the school newspaper." Title of their typescript: "A Happy Christmas for Tom." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm ... story "Why the Rabbit's Tail is Short" .
Happy Christmas for Tom Once upon a time a poor ...
The D. Earl Comb Christmas parade. Back in the early 30's Mr. Comb ran this parade throughout ... Burns! "Eeeeeexcellent!"
(ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Christmas) ...
... in the photo who's still with us, thinks it may have been Christmas. 35mm slide. View full size.
Separate Tables I like the ... changed to something more casual later in the day.
Christmas has always been done on a rotating basis among our generation of ...
... R.H. Macy & Company department store the week before Christmas. Children line up to talk with Santa Claus. There are two Santas, ... lunch we would head over to Radio City Music Hall for the Christmas Show.
Wow! What a day! We were all exhausted by the time we got ...