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Streets, stores were 'dolled up' for Christmas in 1928

Odessa merchants and business operators put considerable effort into their preparations for the holiday season 95 years ago.

Here is the report by The Odessa Record in its issue of December 14, 1928:

The business section of Odessa is “dolled up” for Christmas.

The decorations, both for the streets and the stores, are the most elaborate ever seen here, which shows there is a real Christmas spirit in the air.

The Odessa Commercial Club Decorations committee, consisting of E.J. Wachter, Ed Koth, H.G. Cordes and Fred Schuman, did the “sky work,” stringing the cedar rope across First Avenue at inte...

 

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