dhermann1
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I went to good old Shorpy.com for this. (If you're not a fan of Shorpy.com you should be. Great photos dating from the Civil War on forward. I just put in "Chritstam tree" in the Search field and got these links.)
Seems people were not as obsessive in years gone by about perfect shape in the trees, for one thing. This thing of tree farms trimming the odd branches on trees over the few years they grow is a phenomenon of the post 70's era. Some rather gangly trees got used back in the day.
Another cool thing to observe is that in the early years of the century walls didn't have electric plugs. Everything was screwed into the socket in the ceiling fixture. This included vacuum cleaners and Christmas tree lights.
There are some amazing pics in this Shorpy list:
http://www.shorpy.com/search/node/Christmas+tree
Seems people were not as obsessive in years gone by about perfect shape in the trees, for one thing. This thing of tree farms trimming the odd branches on trees over the few years they grow is a phenomenon of the post 70's era. Some rather gangly trees got used back in the day.
Another cool thing to observe is that in the early years of the century walls didn't have electric plugs. Everything was screwed into the socket in the ceiling fixture. This included vacuum cleaners and Christmas tree lights.
There are some amazing pics in this Shorpy list:
http://www.shorpy.com/search/node/Christmas+tree