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Vintage Black Friday Chaos

Before online shopping and instant social media updates, how did the Black Friday craze truly begin?

Take a look at this vintage Black Friday photos and witness the surprisingly familiar chaos of the holiday shopping rush.

 

Image Credit: John Vachon/Library of Congress

Christmas Shopping Crowds

Christmas shopping crowds on main street of Gadsden, Alabama, 1940.

 

Image Credit: John, Jr. Collier/ Library of Congress

Washington, D.C. Christmas Shopping 

Washington, D.C. Christmas shopping in Woolworth’s five and ten cent store, 1941.

 

Shopping Rush

Christmas shopping in Washington, D.C. 1941.

 

Image Credit: John Vachon/Library of Congress

Alabama Christmas Shopping

Christmas shopping crowds. Gadsden, Alabama, 1940.

 

Image Credit: Library of Congress

New York Christmas Shopping

Christmas shopping crowds in New York.

 

Image Credit: Library of Congress

Shopping Stress

A woman looks stressed during Christmas shopping, 1940. 

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