Downtown Christmas Decorations in the 1920s - 1960s

By | December 16, 2016

Let's stroll back into the past through this collection of vintage photos showing beautiful street scenes of different cities during Christmas time!

Photo of downtown Des Moines, Iowa during Christmas, 1931.
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The city of Minneapolis, early 1920s.
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A view of the amazing Houghton & Dutton department store display in downtown Boston, 1915.
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Detroit, 1930s photo from Wayne State University.
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The Plaza in the town of Orange, CA Plaza, 1937.
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Downtown Phoenix in the 1940s.
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The quiet streets of Los Angeles in December, 1928.
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Downtown Pasadena in the early 1940s.
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Downtown Johnson City, Tennessee, 1958.
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Christmas decorations over 3rd Avenue in downtown Rock Island, 1940.
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Downtown Louisville, KY in 1960.
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Downtown Columbus, Ohio, 1955.
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Downtown Houston in the late 1930s.
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A big crowd in downtown Chicago in the early 1940s.
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Denver in the 1930s.
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H/T OldPhotoArchive