This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Christmas Tree Wonders From Old York to White House
The piece traces the Christmas tree in America from 1830 ticketed York exhibitions to free Smithsonian displays in Washington. It notes German and Pennsylvania Dutch influences, the spread of store ornaments after 1869, and the White House tradition modernized by Nancy Reagan with historic decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
York
Mr. Goodridge
Goodridge
Philadelphia
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History
Washington, D. C
Smithsonian
Office of Horticulture
Massachusetts
Boston
Pennsylvania
Penn
Kriss Kringle
Uncle Sam
Saturday Evening Post
Harriet Martineau
Charles Follen
Harvard
New England
Vicksburg
Miss
Jefferson Davis
Mahala Eggleston
Roach
William Brewer
California
San Francisco
Harper's Weekly
Godey’s
Jack
United States
Harper's Bazaar
Bismarck
Napoleon
New York
William de Muth
New York Times
Times
Franklin Pierce
White House
Andrew Jackson
Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy
Archie
Nancy Reagan
Blue Room
Santa
Museum of American Folk Art
New York City