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appalachiablue

(43,816 posts) Thu Dec 25, 2025, 08:29 PM Thursday

🎄Christmas 100 Years Ago, Detroit, Mich., 1920s In Color, Remastered with Sound [View all]

- Description. I colorized, fully restored, and crafted the sound design for this rare footage capturing Christmas in Detroit during the 1920s. Shows Voight Park, people walking down the sidewalk with mansions, on the right is East Ferry Street, residence of Charles Lang Freer, front Detroit Public Library, shop windows decorated for the holidays. 🪆 ⛸
Santa at his cabin busy preparing Christmas gifts, bringing the festive atmosphere of the era back to life. (16 mins).🧸

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🎄Christmas 100 Years Ago, Detroit, Mich., 1920s In Color, Remastered with Sound [View all] appalachiablue Thursday OP

K&R! Fascinating, thanks so much for sharing! Rhiannon12866 Thursday #1

Good story, the Roaring Twenties. You know the early vehicles were difficult to operate as depicted appalachiablue Thursday #2

I don't even know how to operate a car with a manual transmission, so I would have been worse than Grandpa Pete! Rhiannon12866 Thursday #3

Quaint. I especially like the bullying scene. intheflow Yesterday #4