A BROOKLYN CHRISTMAS TREE PROJECT (1927)
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What did Brooklyn boys and girls do on Christmas morning in 1927?
Well, they probably opened a present or two, played with their toys, frowned at their new underwear, and such.
But later on when the kids had played their toys out – or, in poorer families, if there weren’t many toys to give out to children, the ever-diligent Brooklyn Daily Eagle‘s Junior Eagle section had a cut-out project with which such children could amuse themselves.
No, it was not a Red Ryder BB gun, (those wouldn’t be introduced for another ten years), but it was something, and it must have worked as such projects were often included in the pages of this newspaper throughout the year.
And it is amazing what occupied childrens’ minds back then.
So, try it – if you like – this Christmas. Click on the picture and follow the directions. You never know.
“Cut out the trees. Crease on dotted lines and paste the four together, each at right angles to the other, as shown in the sketches.”
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