Photos, videos and docs of Alan Mays, with the keywords: "presents"

Dreaming of a Gold Christmas

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 02:53:02 +0000

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of holiday happenings -- any kind of end-of-year holiday gathering, celebration, or decoration.

Gold is the color of the day in this holiday scene that includes a gold Christmas tree, a gold sculpture on the wall, and gold wrapping paper and bows on the some of the presents. Even the carpet has a yellowish-almost-golden hue.

There's no date on the photo. What do you think -- 1960s?

Santa's Up on the Housetop!

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 06:34:02 +0000

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Looks like good ol' Santa Claus and his reindeer are up on the housetop with lots of toys for all the girls and boys!

This is a Victorian-era sample of an advertising trade card.

"Christmas Card—Card No. 3. 3 colors."

The Ghosts of Christmas Presents

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 15:47:37 +0000

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A mother and son-—along with a tree and wrapped presents-—seem to be materializing out of the ether in this Christmas double exposure.

For other haunted holiday happenings, see The Ghosts of Christmas Past and The Ghosts of Easter Past (below).

A Star Wars Christmas (Full Version)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 22:42:08 +0000

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For more information, see the cropped version of this slide:

A Star Wars Christmas

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 22:42:10 +0000

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I received this slide as a Christmas present in 2015, but the Star Wars Death Star Space Station that they're putting together here in front of the Christmas tree dates to 1978!

Take a look at the full slide to see the entire Christmas-day scene:

Ye Olde English Plum Pudding

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:03:51 +0000

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For another colorful label from this New Zealand company, see Real German Sausages, Irvine & Stevenson, St. George Preserving Works, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Ye Olde English Plum Pudding

Prepared by Irvine & Stevenson's St. George Coy. Ltd., New Zealand.

Back and syde go bare, go bare,
Both foot and hand go cold
But belly have jolly good duff enough
Whether it be hot or cold.

This tin is the safest in the world, all soldering being on the outside instead of inside.

To open the tin cut along this line.

Merry Christmas from the Coast Motel

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:46:15 +0000

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"Coast Motel. Merry Christmas. Happy New Year."

Facing the Ornaments for a Merry Christmas, 1949

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 21:40:05 +0000

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"Merry Christmas, 1949. The Hassingers."

I Am Sending by Adams Express a Christmas Package to Your Address

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 03:07:27 +0000

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Adams Express Company is now a "publicly traded diversified equity fund," as Wikipedia puts it, but in the early part of the twentieth century it was still a shipping company, like UPS and FedEx are today. Back then, you could use this postcard to poetically alert a friend or relative to the imminent delivery of a Christmas present by the Adams Express Company.

Adams Express Company

Today I am sending by Adams Express
A Christmas package to your address;
And furthermore I wish to say,
Don't open until Christmas day.

Holiday Greetings from E. R. Barry, the Hanover Street Confectioner, Manchester, N.H.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 21:54:48 +0000

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"Holiday Greetings of E. R. Barry, the Hanover St. Confectioner. Bufford."

Although this advertising trade card likely dates to the 1880s or 1890s, E. R. Barry continued in business into the twentieth century, as evidenced by the text of an advertisement in The Manchester [New Hampshire] Directory, 1908 (Boston: Sampson and Murdock, 1907): "E. R. Barry Co., confectioners, caterers, and bakers, ice cream, etc. Dinner served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 35 cents. Odd Fellows' Block, 81 and 89 Hanover Street, Manchester, N.H."

See below for some other Victorian trade cards that feature Santa Claus:

Santa Claus Soap, Best for the Laundry

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 22:17:35 +0000

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"Santa Claus Soap, best for the laundry. Made only by the N. K. Fairbank Company, Chicago, St. Louis, New York. Carqueville, Chicago. Fairbank's Santa Claus Soap."

Santa in an Airship High Over the Panama Canal

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 20:49:45 +0000

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"X-mas Greetings. N. America. Merry Christmas Series 403."

Even Santa Claus noticed the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914!

See also Panama Canal Drawing Book, 1914:

Wishes for a Happy Christmas

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 22:20:59 +0000

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Just Dropping in to Wish You a Merry Christmas!

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 23:10:54 +0000

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Wait a Moment Till I See If You've Got All the Things I Ordered

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 22:04:40 +0000

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"Here! Wait a moment till I check up this account and see if you've got all the things I ordered."

See also Say, Mister, It's No Use You Going Down That Dirty Chimney (below).

Say, Mister, It's No Use You Going Down That Dirty Chimney

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 22:04:34 +0000

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"Say, mister, it's no use you going down that dirty chimney: jes give me the presents and I'll take them down and save you the time." Sent to Mrs. Ella Haglette, Allensville, Mifflin County, Pa., in 1908.

See also Wait a Moment Till I See If You've Got All the Things I Ordered (below).

Santa's Got the Whole World in His Hands

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 22:30:20 +0000

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"A Merry Christmas. The world is mine, this night I think / Said jolly St. Nick with a knowing wink. / For the children all say that where're I stop / I leave pretty presents fresh from the shop."

A Merry Christmas

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 04:49:23 +0000

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Doesn't every little kid yearn for a pipe-smoking pup for Christmas?

Santa's Merry Christmas Airdrop

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 23:10:56 +0000

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I sure hope Santa gets a new airplane this year! He's still making deliveries with his old biplane. 8-)

Postmarked Airydale, Pa., Dec. 24, 1910.

Christmas Greetings

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 23:10:50 +0000

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