
{"id":9564,"date":"2018-12-21T16:45:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T22:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/?p=9564"},"modified":"2018-12-21T16:48:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T22:48:15","slug":"living-history-memories-christmas-trees-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/2018\/12\/21\/living-history-memories-christmas-trees-past\/","title":{"rendered":"QC Christmas Trees, 1950&#8217;s Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While looking through photographs from 1959, we came across one with a Christmas tree. Our curiosity piqued, we began looking for more local images from the 1950&#8217;s that showed different styles of trees and decorations. As our gift to you this holiday season, we present the following photographs of mid-century (20th!) Christmas trees from our collection:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9565\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.15-Dec-59.1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9565\" data-attachment-id=\"9565\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/2018\/12\/21\/living-history-memories-christmas-trees-past\/times-15-dec-59-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.15-Dec-59.1.jpg?fit=5286%2C4648&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5286,4648\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Times.15 Dec 59.1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.15-Dec-59.1.jpg?fit=300%2C264&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.15-Dec-59.1.jpg?fit=640%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-9565 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.15-Dec-59.1.jpg?resize=640%2C563&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.15-Dec-59.1.jpg?resize=1024%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.15-Dec-59.1.jpg?resize=300%2C264&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.15-Dec-59.1.jpg?resize=768%2C675&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.15-Dec-59.1.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.15-Dec-59.1.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2001-08 Quad City Times Photograph Negatives. December 15, 1959.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9566\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.17-Dec-59.1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9566\" data-attachment-id=\"9566\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/2018\/12\/21\/living-history-memories-christmas-trees-past\/times-17-dec-59-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.17-Dec-59.1.jpg?fit=5353%2C4648&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5353,4648\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Times.17 Dec 59.1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.17-Dec-59.1.jpg?fit=300%2C260&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.17-Dec-59.1.jpg?fit=640%2C556&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-9566 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.17-Dec-59.1.jpg?resize=640%2C556&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.17-Dec-59.1.jpg?resize=1024%2C889&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.17-Dec-59.1.jpg?resize=300%2C260&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.17-Dec-59.1.jpg?resize=768%2C667&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.17-Dec-59.1.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.17-Dec-59.1.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2001-08 Quad City Times Photograph Negatives. December 17, 1959.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9567\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.18-Dec-59.1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9567\" data-attachment-id=\"9567\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/2018\/12\/21\/living-history-memories-christmas-trees-past\/times-18-dec-59-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.18-Dec-59.1.jpg?fit=5320%2C4615&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5320,4615\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Times.18 Dec 59.1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.18-Dec-59.1.jpg?fit=300%2C260&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.18-Dec-59.1.jpg?fit=640%2C555&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-9567 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.18-Dec-59.1.jpg?resize=640%2C555&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.18-Dec-59.1.jpg?resize=1024%2C888&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.18-Dec-59.1.jpg?resize=300%2C260&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.18-Dec-59.1.jpg?resize=768%2C666&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.18-Dec-59.1.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.18-Dec-59.1.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2001-08 Quad City Times Photograph Negatives. December 18, 1959.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9568\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.4-Dec-59.1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9568\" data-attachment-id=\"9568\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/2018\/12\/21\/living-history-memories-christmas-trees-past\/times-4-dec-59-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.4-Dec-59.1.jpg?fit=5723%2C4130&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5723,4130\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Times.4 Dec 59.1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.4-Dec-59.1.jpg?fit=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.4-Dec-59.1.jpg?fit=640%2C462&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-9568 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.4-Dec-59.1.jpg?resize=640%2C462&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.4-Dec-59.1.jpg?resize=1024%2C739&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.4-Dec-59.1.jpg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.4-Dec-59.1.jpg?resize=768%2C554&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.4-Dec-59.1.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Times.4-Dec-59.1.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2001-08 Quad City Times Photograph Negatives. December 4, 1959.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And one last image. A color slide from 1954.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9569\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dpl1992-011198.2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9569\" data-attachment-id=\"9569\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/2018\/12\/21\/living-history-memories-christmas-trees-past\/dpl1992-011198-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dpl1992-011198.2.jpg?fit=1680%2C2591&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1680,2591\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1545416796&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dpl1992-011198.2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dpl1992-011198.2.jpg?fit=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dpl1992-011198.2.jpg?fit=640%2C987&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-9569 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dpl1992-011198.2.jpg?resize=640%2C987&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dpl1992-011198.2.jpg?resize=664%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 664w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dpl1992-011198.2.jpg?resize=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1 195w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dpl1992-011198.2.jpg?resize=768%2C1184&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dpl1992-011198.2.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dpl1992-011198.2.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vol. 211 &#8211; dpl1992-011198. December 25, 1954. 1992-01 Grover C. von der Heyde Photographs Collection.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Happy Holidays from the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While looking through photographs from 1959, we came across one with a Christmas tree. Our curiosity piqued, we began looking for more local images from the 1950&#8217;s that showed different styles of trees and decorations. As our gift to you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/2018\/12\/21\/living-history-memories-christmas-trees-past\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[1383,1456,1930,1931],"class_list":["post-9564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-history","tag-1950s","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-tree","tag-december"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXc-2ug","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9564"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9575,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9564\/revisions\/9575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}