What great pictures of the past, a magical time for sure.
Art
Circa 1900
1956: Radio and television announcer Frank Blair helps his son with a brand new model train set on Christmas morning.
Originally Posted by AMCDave:
No laughing!!!!
Yes...it's me....a lucky kid....Western outfit w/guns.....Marx trains, a H-D tin motorcycle and a Tonka dump truck!!!!. Wish I had that H-D cycle!!!!
Forget the HD cycle, the fat guy on "American Pickers" probably has all the existing ones.....(and he should stick to toys like that, he got burned close to 4g's on a Lionel pre war Standard gauge engine
Thanks again to everyone who's continued to add these great pictures. You have to especially love the ones where the layout is actually bigger than the tree. I have to express my admiration for those seasonal layout builders who start in November and construct elaborate displays just for the holidays. It's pretty amazing what's accomplished in many of these temporary layouts and the fact that many of them are topped from one year to the next. The fact that the displays are only for the holidays makes them all them all the more special.
Originally Posted by Mill City:
Circa 1900
Wow great pic. I didn't realize you had been around that long. That make you about 118 yrs old. 
Gentlemen,
Great pictures I enjoyed them all.
PCRR/Dave
