Happy Christmas....

Mother of family of nine living in field on U.S. Route 70, near the Tennessee River. Photo taken in March 1936 by Carl Mydans, Farm Security Administration.

A reality still in many places around our globe. So many advances, but poverty and war, still humanity`s eternal companions. It was like that in 1836, 1936 or 2019....

Rossio....

..due to the cars in the image, probably late 1960`s. Photo by Artur Pastor

Rua do Ouro, 1959....

The Christmas illuminations in central Lisbon, mixed with lights from shops and neon signs, were something special many decades ago. Photo by Armando Serôdio

Happy Christmas....

Outside Paris in the mid 1960`s. Photo: Gérald Bloncourt

This photo of a Portuguese immigrant child, is so much more than that moment....it is a child with curiosity and dreams, that the future could be different. Everything is written in her face. A truly beautiful picture.

Jul Göteborg....

80 years passed....but for many nothing has changed

Christmas dinner 1936 in the home of Earl Pauley near Smithfield, Iowa. Dinner consist of potatoes, cabbage and pie. Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. This was probably one of the better meals during the year....

Merry Christmas to you all !

Merry Christmas....

..primary school, Portugal around 1940

.."can they know it's Christmas time at all"

Christmas 1971....

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..at Praça do Marquês de Pombal. But that was a while ago.

December....

Rua do Carmo....

photo: Horácio Novais, 1959 (?)

Lisbon was special in terms of commerce during the 1960`s. The city lights from shops, neons and Christmas lights created a magic atmosphere and an heaven of colors.

To you all....

Primary school in Portugal, around 1940. Photo by Bernard Hoffman 

..Merry Christmas.