{"id":356,"date":"2010-12-31T18:54:57","date_gmt":"2011-01-01T00:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.historicjoplin.org\/?p=356"},"modified":"2010-12-31T18:54:57","modified_gmt":"2011-01-01T00:54:57","slug":"christmas-ads-from-yesteryear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.historicjoplin.org\/?p=356","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Ads From Yesteryear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the memories of this year&#8217;s Christmas begin to fade, we&#8217;ll take one last look back at Christmas in Joplin.\u00a0 Below are a series of ads from Joplin papers, and if one thing is evident, the commercialization of Christmas isn&#8217;t a recent innovation.\u00a0 Click on the images to see larger versions.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 404px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/24317830@N04\/5310549059\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Christmas Ad\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5089\/5310549059_436af1c98c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Perhaps the most restrained ad, courtesy of the Joplin Furniture Company.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/24317830@N04\/5311140050\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Christmas Ad\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5081\/5311140050_bcffc065ab.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sedwick&#39;s Furniture of Webb City makes sure you notice its suggestions for Christmas.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/24317830@N04\/5310550973\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Christmas Ad\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5161\/5310550973_b54f55f72f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"417\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christman Dry Goods Company offers unique Christmas art with the procession of three bears on a lead.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/24317830@N04\/5310551153\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Christmas Ad\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5207\/5310551153_5a2c383740.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close up of the bears from the Christman ad.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 402px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/24317830@N04\/5310552547\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Christmas Ad\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5201\/5310552547_a76dd88c26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"392\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christman Furniture advertises a Christmas sale event, not to be missed!<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/24317830@N04\/5311142906\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Christmas Ad\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5002\/5311142906_ba829022a6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rather simple trunk factory ad.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 477px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/24317830@N04\/5310553489\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Christmas Ad\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5201\/5310553489_b0d8378990.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Further holiday art.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 456px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/24317830@N04\/5311143752\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Santa in Antique Car\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5242\/5311143752_8f0e8e4754.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Belated Merry Christmas!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the memories of this year&#8217;s Christmas begin to fade, we&#8217;ll take one last look back at Christmas in Joplin.\u00a0 Below are a series of ads from Joplin papers, and if one thing is evident, the commercialization of Christmas isn&#8217;t a recent innovation.\u00a0 Click on the images to see larger 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