The rich Ohio Memory site seems to have enough material to warrant its own feature, hereafter to be called 'Old Picture ---' where '---' is whatever day it happens to be.
The first Ohio state library...note the calm effect of massed dark-hued leather volumes
This peace celebration occurred at the end of WW I. Note the Kaiser Bill detail. I'm guessing that wagon is dragging an effigy of the kaiser atop of a coffin?
How anachronistic is this depiction? Let us count the ways. First, today's parents wouldn't let Santa anywhere near their children's bedrooms. And number two Santa is...(pause for dramatic effect)... smoking!
Here everyone dressed like they did in their old countries. (Click for enlargement porpoises.)
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