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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.
Getting Ready for Christmas
December 16, 1947
Making an attractive Christmas picture, Janet Woodman holds her baby son, Douglas Shaw, in the center of a huge pine wreath hanging in a doorway.
Vinje Christmas Tree
December 1947
The living room of the Arthur Vinje home at 2800 Mason Street, with the family Christmas tree and other holiday decorations.
Lemmer Family with Christmas Gifts
December 16, 1947
Kenneth Lemmer Jr., sitting in a high chair, is playing with a Christmas tree ornament. His mother Katherine Lemmer is wrapping Christmas presents at a table near a built-in cabinet.
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.
Residence of Tom and Ruth McGovern
March 19, 1952
Interior view of the living room in the home of builder Tom McGovern and his family at 25 Hiawatha Circle which is decorated in shades of green and brown. A Tennessee stone fireplace fireplace occu...
