Christmas shoppers fill the sidewalk at 42nd Street and Sixth Ave, New York City, 1929

ca. 1910





1913.





1945.





ca. 1930s





Christmas toy seller on street, NYC, ca. 1910s





Crowd of holiday shoppers outside of Macy's, NYC, 1939





Manhattan Christmas window shopping, New York, 1947





After the Christmas shopping rush, 1948





A Christmas Eve shopper with a crated rocking horse tries to hail a cab outside Macy’s department store in New York City on December 24, 1946. (Photo by Carl Nesensohn/AP Photo)