13 Vintage Photos Show Christmas Shopping in New York in the Past

   

These vintage images show the air immediately before Christmas in New York in the past.

 
Christmas rush at Macy's in NYC, 1947
 
Christmas shoppers fill the sidewalk at 42nd Street and Sixth Ave,  New York City, 1929

 

 
Christmas shoppers in New York City, ca. 1910-15

 

 
Christmas shopping in New York City, 1913

 

 
Christmas shopping in New York City, 1945

 

Christmas shopping in NYC, ca. 1930s

 

Christmas toy seller on street, NYC, ca. 1910s

 

Christmas window shopping in New York City, ca. 1950s

 

Crowd of holiday shoppers outside of Macy's, NYC, 1939

 

Last minute Christmas Eve shoppers gather in front of Macy's window display in New York, Dec. 24, 1946

 

Manhattan Christmas window shopping, New York, 1947

 

 
New York Christmas window shoppers

 

 
After the Christmas shopping rush, 1948