Christmas Shopping Nostalgia

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Bain News Service, Publisher. Christmas Shoppers. , ca. 1910. [Between and Ca. 1915] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2014689326/.

I missed Sepia Saturday but thought I'd commemorate Christmas shopping of days gone by.

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O'Halloran, Thomas J, and Warren K Leffler, photographer. Retail Christmas Story Shoppers. , 1974. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2019631433/.

Harris & Ewing, photographer. NO ELEPHANT TOYS FOR FIRST LADY. MRS. ROOSEVELT, ON A CHRISTMAS SHOPPING TOUR, HAD A HARD TIME CONVINCING SANTA CLAUS THAT SHE DID NOT WANT A TOY ELEPHANT, A SYMBOL OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT. SHE IS SHOWN HERE INSPECTING AN ASSORTMENT OF TOYS AT A WASHINGTON, D.C. DEPARTMENT STORE FRIDAY. United States Washington D.C. District of Columbia Washington D.C, 1934. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016883487/.

Comments

  1. Barbara RogersDecember 21, 2021 at 8:37 AM

    I love these old photos! Especially that the santa with Mrs. R. had such great eyebrows!

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  2. Molly's CanopyDecember 21, 2021 at 10:42 AM

    These photos are wonderfully nostalgic. I loved holiday shopping in big department stores as a child -- it was a magical world, captured in your photos. Alas, the big box stores just don't offer the same experience. Happy Holidays!

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  3. Mike BrubakerDecember 24, 2021 at 7:05 PM

    I also remember the olden days when department stores lavishly decorated their windows and put out giant displays of toys. Looking back at your fun photo medley, it seems a magical time now. Sadly nothing ever stays the same. Even Santa Claus changed with the times.
    I wish you and your family much peace and love for the new year.

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  4. Monica T.December 25, 2021 at 8:40 AM

    Interesting to see there was so much Christmas shopping going on even in the early 20th century.

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