From the vault: Holiday lights

Dec 4, 2015

From the vault: Holiday lights

Emma Patti Harris 0 Comment From the Vault Christmas, Hampden, holiday lights, washington monument

From the annual lighting of the Washington Monument to Hampden’s Miracle on 34th Street, Baltimore is set aglow during the holidays.

: DEC 11, 1995– Christmas light display at 700 block of W. 34th street. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: The statue of George Peabody, east of the Washington Monument, had quite a view of the light display. (Jed Kirschbaum/Baltimore Sun, 1985)

: The Washington Monument with its Christmas lights all lit up after the official lighting ceremony. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun, 1995)

: Unusual Christmas trees at a farm market on York road near Cockeysville. (Joseph A. DiPaola/Baltimore Sun, 1977)

: City workers decorate a tree at Charles Center. (Baltimore Sun archives, 1979)

: The Harbor place, Constellation, World Trade Center Christmas garden. (Richard Childress/Baltimore Sun, 1980)

: Rush hour traffic and the Washington Monument combine to produce a pretty reflection in the rain at dusk. (Irving Phillips, Jr./Baltimore Sun, 1986)

: Rick Platerote, an employee of the city Street Lighting Department, raps the new lights along Howard St. with green ribbon making them look like a giant candy cane. (Rader/Baltimore Sun, 1986)

: Jim Forgione and Patrick Lears in their window display in Charles Village. (Barbara Haddock/Baltimore Sun, 1987)

: Christmas lights at the home of Paul Canatella. It took 6 people 1.5 weeks to hang the 30,00 lights. His electric bill is $300 above normal with the lights. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun, 1987)

: Holiday lights in Baltimore, 1988. (Baltimore Sun archives)

: December 1, 1988 – Joe Moranto and his daughter Gina, 4, wait for the arrival of the St. Nicholas on Fountain Plaza in Towson. Behind them is the Christmas tree which was lit during the festivities. Moranto is from Carney. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: The Annual Washington Monument Holiday Lighting Ceremony, framed by the columns of the Walters Art Gallery. This was the first year bringing back colored lights. Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun, 1994)

: Boats strut their stuff throughout the city dock and around the harbor during the annual parade of lights in downtown Annapolis. (Karl M. Ferron/Baltimore Sun, 1988)

: Boats waiting to travel under the Eastport bridge cruise past a glowing State House dome. (Karl M. Ferron/Baltimore Sun, 1988)

: Christmas lights set Harbor ablaze as seen from Federal Hill. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun, 1988)

: The annual Christmas lights spectacle at the court house plaza in Towson. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun, 1989)

: A woman puts up lights in Baltimore. (Baltimore Sun archives, 1989)

: Lights dot the Inner Harbor as the miniature lights take over to illuminate the area. (Karl M. Ferron/Baltimore Sun, 1990)

: Hundreds of parents and children gathered at the War Memorial Plaza near Baltimore City Hall to celebrate tree lighting ceremony. (Karl M. Ferron/Baltimore Sun, 1990)

: Barbara Adams decorates Christmas trees at the Inner Harbor. (Rader/Baltimore Sun, 1990)

: The annual lighting of the “Miracle on 34th Street” Christmas lights in Hampden showing the row houses on the south side of the street. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: Arthur Gnau home Christmas display. (Baltimore Sun, 1956)

: Residents of the 1100 block of Boxwood lane, in the Essex area, have cooperated in setting up a Christmas display that has Santa and his reindeer spanning five porch-tops. (Richard Childress/Baltimore Sun, 1971)

: Christmas decorations on St. Paul Street. (Baltimore Sun, 1971)

: Franz Kardos decorated his home int he true spirit of Christmas. (Richard Childress/Baltimore Sun, 1962)

: Colonial Villagers, in Pikesville, have celebrated Christmas and Hanukkah jointly for ten years at Christmas Eve meeting with symbolic tree and menorah. (Richard Childress/Baltimore Sun, 1964)

: December 12, 1978 – Hecht’s Company’s holiday lights. (Richard Childress/Baltimore Sun, 1978)

: The decorated streets and homes of Hampden have for years become something of a major tourist destination for visitors who come from all over the nation and world to take in this annual outdoor mega-million kilowatt explosion of electrical illumination. They chug through the neighborhood in cars and buses or leisurely stroll its sidewalks observing the creative expertise of neighbors and businesses who are not shy when it comes time to decorate for Christmas, especially with lights. Even the New York Times has called attention to this bizarre spectacle of light and Christmas kitsch. (Gene Sweeney Jr /Baltimore Sun, 1991)

: As dusk approaches, the Inner Harbor goes up in lights. Here, the coming night and following illumination is seen reflected in the glass walls along the 12th floor of the Hyatt Regency hotel. The Christmas lights in the trees along Light Street provide the only clue that this is a winter scene. (Richard Childress/Baltimore Sun, 1982)

: Santa’s Place, in front of the office buildings in the inner harbor area. Soft focus filter was used to soften the lights. (Baltimore Sun/Karl M. Ferron, 1994)

: In December of 1975 the Washington Monument was decorated with Christmas lights. Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church stands out in the early morning sky in this view from Charles Street looking north. (Clarence B. Garrett/Baltimore Sun)

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