Winter Holiday Celebrations: Object #5

Christmas subjects. Boys' choir with nativity scene

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<p>Seven young boys, dressed in choir robes and holding candles and music, stand around a nativity scene inside the church</p>

National Cathedral, ca. 1920s

Text-dependent Questions:
What people, objects and activities do you see in this photograph?
How is this Christmas celebration similar to and different from celebrations today?
What does this Christmas celebration tell us about culture and geography?

Citations

Horydczak, Theodor, photographer. Christmas subjects. Boys’ choir with nativity scene. ca. 1920-ca. 1950. Photograph. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division