Vintage Holiday Photos: A Look Back At Christmas In NYC

Dec 10, 2012 10:29 AM


We might be jumping the gun this season, but Thanksgiving's over and we're more than ready to get in the Holiday spirit. Check out these vintage photographs from the 1900s of holiday celebrations in NYC and start gearing up for December.

  • Children lined up in front of the Macy's toy window, 1915
  • Sidewalk Santa: Volunteers of America in 1902
  • Construction workers line up next to the first Rockefeller Christmas tree in 1931 to get paid
  • Crowd of holiday shoppers outside of Macy's
  • Holiday shopping never gets easier
  • The Christmas tree on 52nd Street
  • Christmas Tree Market
  • The trendy restaurant Luchow's dinner
  • Ladies picking out Christmas cards in 1912
  • Christmas Party thrown by Jim Sullivan's Political Club in 1900
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