Forgotten Lives Behind the Photographs and Artifacts
Best Christmases Ever: Twenty Color Photos from Holidays Gone By
A little girl by a Christmas tree, photographed by H.B. Wills on 10 December, 1914. Color plate, assembly (two-color Kodachrome) process. Courtesy Eastman Museum.“Bill, Emily & E.S. Dec. 25, 1951.” Courtesy Shorpy Historical Photo Archive.
Dad in high-waisted trousers and a Christmas sweater, circa 1945.A new cowboy in town on Christmas Day, circa 1955.A colorized late Victorian Christmas, circa 1895. (It appears the gentleman at right is the same man in the portrait at left.)Members of the Nichols family and their silver foil tree, 1967.A J. C. Penney department store welcomed holiday shoppers with this light display during the mid-1960s.A Christmas display in 1942. Courtesy Library of Congress.Holy Cow! Christmas morning, 1951.An atmospheric Christmas Eve image that dates to about 1942.Members of the Young family, Christmas morning 1968.Macy’s department store, New York City, December 1959.A lovely lady in red and her doggo by the tree, circa 1948. (Snow is visible through the window, making the scene even more perfect.)Christmastime in Pittsburgh, Crawford County, Kansas. Circa 1970.On Christmas Day, a boy enjoyed the spoils. Circa 1955.A decorated home, probably in Florida, circa 1960.A beautiful Christmas bride, mid-1950s.Loved ones together in 1947.A faux-white tree, big hair, and an angry wee beastie, 1970.Jim and Jack Hardman and their Christmas train set. Taken in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, 1946.
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