1980s – "Your Dying Charlotte"

Colorized from the Library of Congress, National Photo Company, 1922. Title unverified as “Dorsey Christmas Tree.” Courtesy Shorpy.com.

Claudia Cardinale, born 1938, Italian Tunisian film actress and sex symbol, at Christmas in the early 1960s.

The Barr family Chrismas Tree, December 25, 1953, DesMoines, Iowa.

Woman dressed as a Christmas tree, circa 1905.

Standing by the Nativity scene, Circa 1950.

Christmas parade in Toronto, Canada in 1927.

German officers at Christmas 1917 during World War I.

Grandma and her favorite candy cane, 1950s.

Suggested Christmas feast, magazine spread, early 1960s.

Christmas Day, Chicago, Illinois, December 1970

Some seriously punk vibes in the early 1980s.

Space-age Christmas tree, magazine spread, 1960s.

A very beautiful lady at Christmas, 1960s.

31433991460_3d647fc9f6_b — Snow banks on U.S. Route 40 at Keysers Ridge, Garrett County, Maryland, circa 1925. Real photo postcard.

“Oh the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we’ve no place to go
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!”

s-l1600-4 — Electric trollies navigate the snow-jammed streets of a U.S. city, probably Seattle, Washington, during the enormous snows of 1916. Real photo postcard.

“It doesn’t show signs of stopping
And I’ve bought some corn for popping
The lights are turned way down low
Let it snow! Let It snow! Let it snow!”

19610851234_df01bbae89_k — My paternal grandfather James Albert Longmore shovels out after a winter storm in Camden, New Jersey, during the late 1930s.

“When we finally kiss good night
How I’ll hate going out in the storm!
But if you’ll really hold me tight
All the way home I’ll be warm…”

2016-09-28-0002 — My mother Sally Garnand Longmore outside our home in Linette Lane, Annandale, Virginia, circa 1980.

“The fire is slowly dying
And, my dear, we’re still goodbying
But as long as you love me so
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!” Ω

s-l1600-1 — Snow-covered trees somewhere in the Western United States. Postcard by William P. Sanborn, circa 1940.

Words: Sammy Cahn; Images: Ann Longmore-Etheridge Collection.

Who was “Dying Charlotte”?

Charlotte was from a respectable British family of the Regency period—a clan that could afford gold and faceted jet mourning jewelry to be commissioned. Charlotte was probably a young woman when she realized she was dying, possibly of consumption. The simple style and shape of the brooch dates it to around 1815.

In the Collection Highlights below and on the Contact page, you can see the brooch, which reads on its reverse: "Dear Henry, accept this as a token of sincere Love from your Dying Charlotte."
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