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Christmas in The Big Apple 120 years ago: Black and white pictures show crowds of shoppers buying presents and preparing for holidays in New York City in the early 1900s
UK Daily Mail ^ | December 21, 2021 | William Cole

Posted on 12/21/2021 6:49:04 AM PST by C19fan

This fascinating series of vintage photographs shows how New Yorkers were preparing for Christmas over a hundred years ago.

The pictures - taken between 1900 and 1916 - feature everyday scenes of people in The Big Apple during the festive season.

They document Manhattan streets thronged with shoppers, as well as images of street hawkers selling their seasonal wares. Other highlights include children eagerly window shopping and crowds gathered around an outdoor Christmas tree in Madison Square Park.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History; Society
KEYWORDS: christmas; edwardian; merrychristmas; nyc
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Of course, I love the ladies in Edwardian clothing. I do not see any fat people although New Yorkers tend to be slim because of all the walking.
1 posted on 12/21/2021 6:49:04 AM PST by C19fan
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We had the death penalty back then...people behaved.


2 posted on 12/21/2021 6:52:59 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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Not as many illegals and other scum bags.


3 posted on 12/21/2021 6:56:13 AM PST by mastertex (mastertex)
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To: C19fan

Cool...grabbing those images later!


4 posted on 12/21/2021 6:56:38 AM PST by rlmorel (If the Biden Administration was only stupid or incompetent, some actions would benefit the USA.)
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The only overweight people I saw were a policeman at a desk in picture 9, and another man in the background in that picture, possibly a priest. No fat kids, however.
5 posted on 12/21/2021 6:57:06 AM PST by Wallace T.
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If those people had a clue that future Americans were going to just piss it all away...and give it away...


6 posted on 12/21/2021 7:00:56 AM PST by riri (Hope is not a strategy at this point- Sam Andrews)
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When I was in public school in the ‘50’s and ‘60’s, fat children were rare. Then, vending machines came into fashion. Also, companies began marketing highly profitable and comparatively cheap snack foods. Before this, a snack was a PBJ or, more likely, an apple or orange. Now, you could have a couple of bags of chips that sold for 10/15 cents. (Gum was five cents per pack of five.)

Fat was something marketed to the public. Like idiots, we fell for it. Today, when I drive near a public school, the skinny kid is the rare one.


7 posted on 12/21/2021 7:03:22 AM PST by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud?)
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The general demeanor of these snapshots of society seems to be one of order, pride in appearance and politeness.

Today we have the “People of Wal-Mart” and Black Friday smackdowns!

We’ve fallen a long way.


8 posted on 12/21/2021 7:04:55 AM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: C19fan

No weirdos.


9 posted on 12/21/2021 7:11:05 AM PST by setter
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We had the death penalty back then...people behaved.

Agreed. When there are very tangible consequences to bad behavior, it tends to suppress bad behavior.

Take away the consequences and you're going to get bad behavior. You'll get millions of illegals crossing the border. You'll get gangs of thieves robbing stores in broad daylight in front of dozens of witnesses. You'll have criminals fighting back with police who are restricted from using force until extreme force is required as a last resort. You'll get evil with no moral compass killing dozens over petty imagined slights. You get deviant behavior that decorum prevents me from listing here.

Yep, remove consequences and you get a "free" society so "free" that it needs a big government to step in and control virtually every aspect of your "freedom" - up to and including what medical treatments you can, cannot, or must have. Great job people, we have {censored} ourselves into a corner.

10 posted on 12/21/2021 7:18:59 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Biden/Harris - illegitimate and everyone knows it.)
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I see they had ingrats in those days too.

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As has been a tradition since around 1916, this photo shows some of New York City's finest handing out Christmas presents to children from disadvantaged families.

11 posted on 12/21/2021 7:21:53 AM PST by Karl Spooner
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It is a lot more than that. Most people weren’t raised by wolves.


12 posted on 12/21/2021 7:23:10 AM PST by GingisK
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To: LostInBayport

We will fall much further.


13 posted on 12/21/2021 7:24:15 AM PST by GingisK
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Love the knickerbockers that the boys all wore. And, those hats that the women wore.

Simpler time, in that city, for sure.


14 posted on 12/21/2021 7:29:50 AM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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I googled the library and the building across the street is still there. https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x89c2590099a8a8a9%3A0x3b51df6e509a734c!3m1!7e115!4s%2Fmaps%2Fplace%2Fnew%2Byork%2Bpublic%2Blibrary%2B41st%2Bstreet%2F%4040.7528457%2C-73.9813618%2C3a%2C75y%2C296.49h%2C90t%2Fdata%3D*213m4*211e1*213m2*211sZPNtMKnWZWs4MhnQeg8dIw*212e0*214m2*213m1*211s0x89c2590099a8a8a9%3A0x3b51df6e509a734c%3Fsa%3DX!5snew%20york%20public%20library%2041st%20street%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e2!2sZPNtMKnWZWs4MhnQeg8dIw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjIoaLynvX0AhVZmmoFHQG1CJcQpx96BAhFEAg


15 posted on 12/21/2021 7:54:45 AM PST by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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but if we did that, that might be a hindrance to building on all the great ‘diversity’ our society has
</sarc>


16 posted on 12/21/2021 8:00:19 AM PST by millenial4freedom (The Left: We hate the white male, but we need his money)
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Nice album of the wonderful NYC main Public library....and the lovely little park at the rear has been an open air drug market for years.


17 posted on 12/21/2021 8:12:33 AM PST by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
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A much more civilized time.


18 posted on 12/21/2021 8:34:50 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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In the early 1900s, 90% of the country was white.

while there might’ve been crime in NYC, it’s nothing like today.

today’s crime issues revolve around a single race.

If you don’t want to believe it... look at the stats when you remove any crime involving blacks. it’s impossible to ignore.


19 posted on 12/21/2021 9:16:03 AM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style )
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Whenever I see photos from the 20s through the 40s, I am always struck by how well-dressed everyone is, even children, even men standing in line at a soup kitchen during the depression. We’ve become a nation of slobs.


20 posted on 12/21/2021 9:46:41 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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