Ebenezer Scrooge here. All I have to say about 2020 is, “bah humbug.”
Just kidding, but we are going to have a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Past this morning — past pictures that is. Columbia has a few holiday photos worth a share to remember the good times of togetherness + the holidays of years long past.
Pictures hold a lot of memories, including everything from the good, the bad, and the down right holly jolly. Let’s see what Columbia looked like in previous years around the holidays.
Postcard of Christmas-time at night in Columbia from 1923 | Photo via UofSC South Caroliniana Library
Holiday decorated store window display from 1949-1950 | Photo via UofSC South Caroliniana Library
Junior Red Cross Members trimming a Christmas tree at the Good Samaritan Waverly Hospital from the 1950s | Photo via UofSC South Caroliniana Library
St. Peter’s Catholic Church from the 1950’s | Photo via UofSC South Caroliniana Library
Holiday shopping with children from Epworth Orphanage from 1955 | Image from The State Newspaper Photograph Archive via Richland Library
Shoppers checking off their lists on Main Street in 1955 | Image from The State Newspaper Photograph Archive via Richland Library
Picking out a Christmas tree in 1955 | Image from The State Newspaper Photograph Archive via Richland Library
Santa Claus arrives on the rooftop of Sears by helicopter in 1955 | Image from The State Newspaper Photograph Archive via Richland Library
Christmas lights on Main Street from 1956 | Image from The State Newspaper Photograph Archive via Richland Library
Christmas decorations on the 1220 Block of Main Street in the 1960’s | Photo via UofSC South Caroliniana Library
Reindeer in the Midlands from 1961 | Image from The State Newspaper Photograph Archive via Richland Library
Hanukkah celebrations at Crayton Junior High School in 1964 | Image from The State Newspaper Photograph Archive via Richland Library
Merry Christmas signage on Main Street in 1964 | Image from The State Newspaper Photograph Archive via Richland Library
Christmas Parade from The Joseph E. Winter collection in Richland County in 1965 | Photo via UofSC South Caroliniana Library
Christmas Parade (part two) from The Joseph E. Winter collection in Richland County in 1965 | Photo via UofSC South Caroliniana Library
Main Street views during the Carillon Parade in 1966 | Image from The State Newspaper Photograph Archive via Richland Library
Miss Columbia during the Carillon Parade in 1966 | Image from The State Newspaper Photograph Archive via Richland Library
Carolighting at the South Carolina State House from 1967 | Image from The State Newspaper Photograph Archive via Richland Library
Joe Pinner (AKA Mr. Knowzit) riding the the Carillon Parade in 1968 | Image from The State Newspaper Photograph Archive via Richland Library
Children lighting a Menorah from 1968 | Image from The State Newspaper Photograph Archive via Richland Library
Santa Claus arriving at Richland Mall in 1972 | Image from The State Newspaper Photograph Archive via Richland Library
Ice skating rink outside of Boyd Plaza in 2017 | Photo via @bifocalphotos
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