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Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
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Ernest Maulwurf, Jr. with Nativity Scene
December 19, 1947
Ernest Maulwurf, Jr., a senior at Central High School, is pictured with a Nativity scene under his Christmas tree.
Getting Ready for Christmas
December 16, 1947
June (Mrs. Robert O.) McLean, and her children Roderick and Gwen, putting the finishing touches on a Gingerbread House.
Christmas Shopping
December 6, 1947
Natalie Schwartz, 137 Talmadge Street, admiring a Christmas tree outdoors.
Getting Ready for Christmas
December 16, 1947
June McGovern is reading The Night Before Christmas to her children Diane, Jill and Jackie.
Christmas Customs
December 14, 1953
Ada Moseley of 616 North Carroll Street demonstrates a Christmas custom by sitting near a fireplace reading "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.
Fairchild Family
December 26, 1954
Portrait of the Fairchild family gathered in front of a Christmas tree.
