There is a great book called "We Were Marching On Christmas Day" that is
about Civil War era Christmas and contains  a lot of images from the cover
of Harpers Weekly and other period magazines and newspapers that show scenes
like families at home around the Christmas tree or at the dining table and
by looking at the background of those prints, you can see a lot of period
decorations.  I have the book at home and don't remember the author's name.
I purchased my copy from the "USS Constellation" museum gift shop in
Baltimore, Maryland.


Cheryl Munyer Branyan
Branch Director
Historic Jefferson College
Mississippi Department of Archives and History
P.O. Box 700
Washington, MS 39190
601/442-2901   fax: 601/442-2902
www.mdah.state.ms.us


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rebecca Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 8:11 AM
Subject: Victorian Christmas


> Hello All
>
> I know that many of you had suggested books to help in authenticating
Victorian
> Christmas decorations, but when you all made these suggestions I made the
> mistake of not writing them down.  So, now of course, I need those
> suggestions!  So, if all of you would be so kind to again send the names
of
> your favorite books on Victorian Christmas decorations it would be
helpful!!
>
> Thank you
>
> Rebecca
>
> Graduate Student, IUPUI
>
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