#23 dec.

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Pennsylvania Station is packed with travelers going home for Christmas, December 23, 1955. Most of them are waiting to buy their tickets, seeking train information, or lingering until their train pulls in for loading.

Photo: John Lindsay for the AP

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Count Basie and fellow trumpeters played Carnegie Hall on December 23, 1938. It was part of an all-Black "From Spirituals to Swing" program, which bought down the house.

Photo: Associated Press

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USO dance instructors dance to the jukebox with sailors and Army servicemen at the headquarters of the NYC Defense Recreation Committee, December 23, 1941.

Photo: Matty Zimmerman for the AP via WHNT