#dec. 20

[newyorkthegoldenage]

The Christmas display was blazing at Rockefeller Center on December 20, 1952.

Photo: Vintage Everyday

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Kids with a sled watch ducks feeding on the ice-hemmed lake at 59th Street in Central Park, December 20, 1948. The morning after the 19.5-inch snowstorm, a small area of the lake remained unfrozen despite the temperature being 28 degrees Fahrenheit.

Photo: JDC for the Associated Press

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Governor-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt played Santa Claus to 150 children at the Beekman Street Hospital, December 20, 1928. He wasn't as wary of being photographed with his leg braces as he was when he became president.

Photo: Associated Press

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Viola Gentry poses at Roosevelt Field in Mineola after breaking the first non-refueling endurance record for women, December 20, 1928. Gentry, once a member of the office staff at the Roosevelt Field Flying School, flew for 8 hours, 6 minutes and 37 seconds.

Photo: Associated Press via WHNT

[newyorkthegoldenage]

There was a newspaper strike during the Christmas shopping season in 1958, so retailers had to be creative about their advertising. Here, model Diane Milne sits in the window of Stern's (one of the many department stores that have since vanished) and announces, via blackboard, news of a shoe sale, December 20, 1958.

Photo: Harry Harris for the AP

[newyorkthegoldenage]

First day of demolition of the 6th Avenue El, December 20, 1938.

Photo: Lawrence Beattie via MCNY

[s4rcasam]

i’ve gotten so much better at hiding how i really feel. something i’m proud of even if the outcome isn’t great. but what else is there to look forward to

[rippinginpeace]

lol its super cool when ur "friends" do everything together without you