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The Christmas shoppers assembled inside the front doors of Baltimore’s departments awaiting the sound of the 9:30 a.m. bell. It was like a school, with a sales associate drawing back a rope for the ...
The following story appeared in the Free Press on Dec. 7, 1950. Santa Claus went Wednesday to see three little children who had never seen him. They are three little children who may never see him ...
He might point out, while laughing, that this Christmas, 1950, was the last time he received a gift from Santa Claus or his parents. According to his mother, his father went overboard, giving him more ...
We moved from Waterbury to Cheshire in 1948. My father passed away in 1957. My mother was single parent with four children ranging in age from 6 to 13. We lived on the corner of West Main and Grove ...
The 1950s Park Forest House Museum’s latest exhibit offers a glimpse into how a village townhome might have been decorated for the holidays more than 70 years ago. The annual Step Back into a 1950s ...
This column is in honor of Julie Bradley: I recently saw a picture of a family on Christmas Day in 1950’s Jamestown. In the picture, three children from the Bishop family sat in front of their ...