McKinstry Family Museum

McKinstry Family Museum

The McKinstry Family Museum is the "first" African-American (Black) Family Museum founded in historic Birmingham, Alabama.

Photos from McKinstry Family Museum's post 10/29/2024

I voted early in Sandy Springs, Georgia, October 15, 2024.
Hello everyone,
I, Dr. Grenetta McKinstry, "PH. D. Microbiologist, Ohio State University, "along with all of the other ordinary people, celebrities, politicians, educators, my friends, my family, and others endorse the most qualified candidate, "Vice President Kamala Harris" for the 47th President of the United States of America. Early voting is now going on in Georgia. I voted on the first day of early voting, October 15, 2024. I could not wait to be a part of this most historic moment in American history. 82 American Nobel Prize Winners have also endorsed "Kamala Harris." I am so very proud as a fellow scientist to join my voice with theirs. I am also so proud of Vice President Kamala Harris. I have watched so many of her videos on "Youtube." She's fantastic and I can't wait to see all the great things she plans to do for America. Time is running out. Please join me and many other proud Americans who respect the 15th Amendment to the Constitution and vote early or on November 5, 2024 for V. P. Kamala Harris and be a part of this "historic moment.".

References:
1. "82 American Nobel Prize Winners Endorse Kamala Harris."https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/science/kamala-harris-nobel-winners.html

2. 15th Amendment to the Costitutionhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Fifteenth-Amendment

3 Early voting at "North Annex" Sandy Springs , Georgia

10/06/2024

McKinstry Family Museum Incorporated 2024 Update

Since the McKinstry Family Museum Incorporated (Museum) first opened it has had three (3) Board members (1). The photo herein shows the Board members at their first Board meeting: Marvin McKinstry (CEO), Grenetta McKinstry (COO, Museum Treasurer, Curator), Sharyn B. Taylor (Secretary, Birmingham liaison officer). The Museum is still very much active for 9 years of existence. (June 19, 2015 - June 19, 2024). The Museum has a Jefferson County (Birmingham) Business License. The Museum started out being located in the McKinstry Family House (House). The House is registered on the Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritages (2). Then when "Covid" (3) caused all businesses in Alabama to close, the Museum went 100% online (mckinstryfamilymuseum.org). All of the exhibits on the Museum website are real.The McKinstry Family House is still located in Birmingham, Alabama. The Museum has an administrative office located in the same community as the House. It is overseen by the Museum Board secretary and Birmingham liaison officer, Sharyn B. Taylor.The IRS has designated the Museum as a nonprofit "Charity" tax exempt organization. Donations are 501(c)3 exemption meaning all donations are tax deductible. The Museum's unique Employer Identification Number is 47-4339942. It is illegal for anyone (person or company) to use this unique employer ID number (subject to arrest and or imprisonment). Besides the website, Museum activities are posted on Facebook and Youtube. All Facebook , Youtube Photos and Museum Exhibits are "copyrighted." The Museum reports all activities annually to the IRS and the State of Alabama Attorney General"s office . The Museum has a Board meeting yearly. The Museum is internationally known. Its activities have been viewed in such countries as: The Bahamas, Jamaica, the United Kingdom (U.K.), Canada, Germany, Iraq, Switzerland , Norway, Japan, Poland, Italy, and in almost every city in the United States. The Museum activities are posted frequently on Facebook (162 dedicated followers) and Youtube. Please visit, like/love, and share the Museum posts.

References:
(1) Photo - McKinstry Family Museum three (3) Board members at their first board meeting September 2015, Birmingham Alabama.
l-r : Grenetta McKinstry, Sharyn B. Taylor, Marvin McKinstry
(2) THE ALABAMA REGISTER OF LANDMARKS & HERITAGE AS OF 2024McKinstry Family House, 2236 Ishkooda Road SW, Birmingham c. 1952-1978 Listed: 2/12/201https://ahc.alabama.gov/AlabamaRegisterPDFs/Alabama%20Register%20of%20Landmarks%20&%20Heritage%20Property%20Listing%20(for%20web)%20April%202019.pdf under Jefferson County. Page 63 of 120..
(3) https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus =tab_

Photos from McKinstry Family Museum's post 08/28/2024

Labor Day 2024
Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday of September to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States. (1) This year Labor Day is Monday, September 2, 2024. It's also considered the last opportunity to have "barbecue" for dinner on a summer holiday. The two summer holidays barbecue is normally served is July 4th and Labor day.

The Barbecue Lady (cook) at McKinstry Family House was Mrs.Willie Dowdell McKinstry, wife of famous radio announcer, Willie D. McKinstry. Mrs.McKinstry had five older girls. The cook among the older girls was Shirley Ann McKinstry King (see photos). In honor of this Labor Day, September 2, 2024, the Museum's COO has prepared a slab of barbecue ribs and two recommended side-dishes (cornbread and Bowtie pasta raisin salad), variations widely used in America.(2) You can message the Museum's page if you want the recipes. “Bon appétit.” and Happy Labor Day from McKinstry Family Museum.

All photographs are copyright (c), but you can share the post.

References:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day

2. https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a60258592/bow-tie-pasta-salad-recipe/

3. mckinstryfamilymuseum.com

07/03/2024

Independence Day (4th of July)
Independence Day, also known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence, which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America. (1) Celebrations such as Fireworks displays, family reunions, concerts, barbecues, picnics, parades, baseball games and other activities take place annually across the United States on July 4th. This year 4th of July is on tomorrow, Thursday, 07/04/2024. At McKinstry Family House the McKinstry family celebrated annually by Mrs. McKinstry, barbecuing on the barbecue grill she placed outside next to one of the big trees in the yard and her buying all the kids new clothes to parade around in. "Such great memories and yearly traditions." Please check out (like/love) our Museum website and YouTube pages. Happy 4th of July 2024 from McKinstry Family Museum, Incorporated. Have a great 4th of July!

References & photos:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)

Fireworks displays, such as the one shown here over the Washington Monument in 1986. Firework displays take place annually across the United States on July 4th, known as Independence Day.

2. The American Flag. Current President, "Joseph Biden, Jr."

Photos from McKinstry Family Museum's post 06/12/2024

Father's Day is a holiday in the United States honoring one's father as well as fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society.(1) Father's Day this year is on Sunday, June 16, 2024. The holiday falls on the third Sunday of June every year. (2) In remembrance of Fathers Day, McKinstry Family Museum Incorporated recognizes Willie D. McKinstry the father (patriarch) at McKinstry Family House (3) from 1956 - 1978. He was married to Willie Gertrude Dowdell McKinstry (the entire time (4) who gave birth to five daughters and two sons (see photos herein). He had several grandchildren. He worked at WJLD radio station starting in the early 1940's to 1978 (his death). During that time he was successful at work (radio personality and management). He was a church (5) deacon and worked tirelessly for the entire Birmingham, Alabama community. For his efforts he received numerous community awards (see photos herein and on the mckinstryfamilymuseum.org website (6). He sang in several religious groups and recorded a record (lead singer) that today (06/12/2024) has 1.4K views on "Youtube." (7) During his career he developed numerous local and national celebrity friends who at times brought (Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, others) to McKinstry Family House. Local millionaire A.G. Gaston (8) was a good friend who attended McKinstry's daughter Doris's wedding and sent his daughter Grenetta a wedding gift. Willie D. McKinstry's family and friends were and are very proud of his lifetime accomplishments. Happy Father's Day, June 16, 2024, from McKinstry Family Museum Incorporated. All photos are copyrighted (C) 2024.
References:1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father%27s_Day
2. https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2024/06/10/what-to-know-about-fathers-day-and-its-long-history/74001983007/
3. McKinstry Family house photo herein
4. Photos, herein, of wife, Willie Gertrude Dowdell McKinstry
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Pilgrim_Baptist_Church
6. https://www.mckinstryfamilymuseum.org/
7. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=willie+mckinstry
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._G._Gaston

Photos from McKinstry Family Museum's post 05/08/2024

Mother's Day 2024. Mother's Day this year in the United States is celebrated on March 12, 2024. Mother's Day is also celebrated in many other countries all over the world (40+countries). Mother's Day is defined as a "celebration honoring the mother of the family or individual, as well as, motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society." (1) This Facebook post is in remembrance of the mother of "McKinstry Family House" between the years 1956-2014. Her name is Mrs.Willie Gertrude Dowdell McKinstry. At the time of her death (93 years old), Mrs McKinstry was a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great, great-grandmother. She was married to Willie D. McKinstry for 39 years (see attached photos). She birthed 7 children (Wilma, Shirley, Melvin, Jacqueline, Marvin, Grenetta, Doris) and she adopted 2 of her daughter Wilma's children (Ralph, Venita) when Wilma died giving birth to her 3rd child (Djuane). Mrs McKinstry loved church, worshipping God and serving in the church locally, statewide and nationally . She was Baptist by faith and a longtime member of the historic "New Pilgrim Baptist Church" when it was located at 903 Sixth Ave South in Birmingham, Alabama. New Pilgrim Baptist Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 (see post photo of her son Marvin McKiinstry standing outside the church). Mrs. McKinstry worked on the missionary board. She was also a deaconess at the church. One of the people she often worked with at the church was Willa Dean Davis (see photo), a one-time secretary at the church. She and her church friends (ladies) loved to wear hats to church on Sunday.( see photos). The hats drew the attention of Julie Moos, a Canadian photographer. Ms. Moos put about 33 of the photos of the New Pilgrim women in an exhibit called "Julie Moos:Hat ladies." The exhibit was at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham , Alabama. There is also a book of the exhibit called "Julie Moos: Hat Ladies" sold by Amazon (online) and at one time by the Birmingham Museum of Art itself. Mrs McKinstry has 2 photographs in the book wearing 2 fabulous hats. Due to copyright infringements, Mrs. McKinstry's photos in the book cannot be shown on this post. You have to buy the book to see her photos. You can buy the book from Amazon or the museum. Other sellers can be found on Amazon. I just checked. The McKinstry Family Museum has purchased a copy of the book. We have it on file. We love it!
Our Facebook friends and others can find out more about Mrs. McKinstry and her many civic involvements along with the entire activities of the Willie McKintry family who lived at "McKinstry Family House" at the "Alabama Historical Commission, 468 S, Perry Street, Montgomery, Alabama, 36130-0900." Happy Mother's Day from McKinstry Family Museum Incorporated. Please visit our Museum website (mckinstryfamilymuseum.org) and like us on Facebook and Youtube.
References:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Pilgrim_Baptist_Church
2. https://www.google.com/search?q=where+to+purchase+Julie+Moos+Hat+ladies+of+New+Pilgrim+Baptist+church&sca_esv=3b88f67df548c236&rlz=1CANTKV_enUS1027US1027&udm=2&biw=1099&bih=567&sxsrf=ADLYWIJxuGiSt46-0MdG2ZwVOrjYFicWDg%3A1715162318511&ei=zkw7ZvHvHrDJp84P7oKm-AQ&ved=0ahUKEwjxjujF5f2FAxWw5MkDHW6BCU8Q4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=where+to+purchase+Julie+Moos+Hat+ladies+of+New+Pilgrim+Baptist+church&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiRXdoZXJlIHRvIHB1cmNoYXNlIEp1bGllIE1vb3MgSGF0IGxhZGllcyBvZiBOZXcgUGlsZ3JpbSBCYXB0aXN0IGNodXJjaEjwjQFQ7idYrYEBcAF4AJABAJgB1gGgAdYBqgEDMi0xuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIAoAIAmAMAiAYBkgcAoAct&sclient=gws-wiz-serp =jmZG8UZow-9MEM&vssid=mosaic3. mckinstryfamilymuseum.org
3. https://www.amazon.com/Julie-Moos-Robert-Carleton-Hobbs/dp/093139449X5. Alabama
4. Historical Commission, 468 S, Perry Street, Montgomery, Alabama, 36130-0900.

Photos from McKinstry Family Museum's post 03/28/2024

Easter is one of the principal holidays, or feasts, of Christianity. It marks the Resurrection of Jesus three days after his death by crucifixion. For many Christian churches, Easter is the joyful end to the Lenten season of fasting and penitence.(1) Although it's celebrated once a year, the exact date changes every year. This year Easter is celebrated on March 31, 2024, this coming Sunday. At McKinstry Family House the family (Baptist) celebrated Easter by going to church for Sunday morning service and the children celebrated by participating in certain pagan activities such as: wearing new spring clothes to church, coloring hard boiled eggs at home during the week, going to an Easter egg hunt somewhere in the city (4), and purchasing Easter baskets. The Easter baskets always contained at least one Easter bunny (pagan symbol). In today's world Easter baskets can be expensive. However, when you make your own Easter basket you can add special items only "you" like at a price "you" can afford. Be creative. The kids will love it. The photographs herein are of my home-made Easter basket costing less than 5 dollars but it's very representative of the Easter Holiday. It has the Easter Bunny surrounded by 4 colored hard boiled eggs (red, yellow, green, blue), fake Easter eggs of all colors, a couple of my German souvenir toys, Little Debbie Easter basket cakes (really good), a chocolate candy bar, all layered on a colorful straw base, in a brown basket. My Easter basket is very colorful at a reasonable price. The bonus is you can eat the edible items in the basket after Easter is over. So, Happy Easter 2024 from McKinstry Family Museum Incorporated. Please "view" Museum and "like/love" our posts on Facebook, Youtube and the Museum website at mckinstryfamilymuseum.org.
References.1. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Easter-holiday
2. https://www.mckinstryfamilymuseum.org/
3. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mckinstry+family+MMcKinstry Family Museum4. https://www.birminghamal.gov/2024/03/19/city-of-birmingham-to-host-easter-egg-hunt-on-sunday-march-24/

Photos from McKinstry Family Museum's post 02/03/2024

Black History Month 2024
February is Black History Month, covering dates February 1 through February 29, 2024. This year, 2024, the McKinstry Family Museum (Museum) is highlighting 10 African American scientists who have made significant scientific contributions in the course of their lives. This list is just a small portion of the many African American men and women who have succeeded in their chosen scientific fields. These scientists are listed below, alphabetically. By the way, there is one McKinstry name on the list.

(1) Alice Augusta Ball (1892- 1916) - Chemist - Developed a technique to make chaulmoogra oil injectable and absorbable, for the first effective treatment of Hansen's disease (leprosy).
(2) George Washington Carver ( 1865 – 1943) - An American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton. -He discovered hundreds of uses for previously useless vegetables and fruits, principally the peanut.

(3) Mack Gipson (1931- 1996) - Geologist - First Black man to receive a Ph.D. in Geology. Gipson was the founding advisor of the National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists (NABGG).
(4) John E. Hodge (1914- 1996) - chemist - an American chemist, born in Kansas City, Kansas, best known for establishing the mechanisms in the Maillard reaction pathway.
(5) Ernest Just (1883 - 1941) - Biologist - Provided basic and initial descriptions of the structure–function–property relationship of the plasma membrane of biological cells
(6) Beebie Steven Lynk (1872-1948) - Chemist - Teacher at West Tennessee University. served as the professor of medical Latin botany and materia medica at the University of West Tennessee. She was an active member of the early black women's club movement, authoring a book, "Advice to Colored Women in 1896."
(7) Grenetta McKinstry (1947 - ) - First African American woman to run her own strain improvement laboratory in the Chemical and Agricultural products division, Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Illinois. As a Ph. D. microbiologist she worked with various microorganisms during her science career, but is best known for developing a method for generating Protoplasts from the fungus, Gibberella fujikuroi. She published an article about these protoplasts in the journal "Phytopathology." These Protoplasts were used in her work with strain improvement.

(8) Willie Hobbs Moore (1934- 1994) - Physics - First African American woman to earn a PhD in physics (University of Michigan Ann Arbor 1972) on vibrational analysis of secondary chlorides.
(9) Hildrus Poindexter (1901 - 1987) -Biologist, epidemiologist - Worked on the epidemiology of tropical diseases, including malaria.
(10) Charles Henry Turner (1867 -1923) - Zoologist, Entomologist - First person to prove that insects can hear and can distinguish pitch, that cockroaches can learn by trial and error, and that honeybees can see color; first African-American to receive a PhD from the University of Chicago

This write-up is only a small portion of American Black History. There are many African American Scientists. "A mind is a terrible thing to waste."
References:
List of African-American inventors and scientists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African-American_inventors_and_scientists
Who is Grenetta McKinstry:https://m.facebook.com/story.php/?id=100067617370285&story_fbid=226333078314205

Photos from McKinstry Family Museum's post 01/13/2024

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday 2024. Why We Celebrate.

Background:

1. When did Martin Luther King Jr. begin his destiny in the Civil Rights movement?
Dr. King's involvement in the movement began during the bus boycotts of 1955 and was ended by an assassin's bullet in 1968. Many agree he was the unquestioned leader of the peaceful Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.

https://www.ushistory.org/us/54f.asp #:~:text=His%20involvement%20in%20the%20movement,Martin%20Luther%20King%20Jr.

2. What was the Montgomery, Alabama boycott of 1955?

"Sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks on December 1, 1955, the Montgomery bus boycott was a 13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional."

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/montgomery-bus-boycott #:~:text=Sparked%20by%20the%20arrest%20of,on%20public%20buses%20is%20unconstitutional.

The residents of McKinstry Family House, as Black (African-American) people in Birmingham Alabama, during segregation, were among those who paid bus fare at the front of the bus, then got off the bus and entered through the rear door to find a seat. They also had to give up their seats for any white person who did not have a seat. Riding city buses, during segregation, Blacks were treated as second class citizens.

"On 5 June 1956, the federal district court ruled in Browder v. Gayle that bus segregation was unconstitutional, and in November 1956 the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed Browder v. Gayle and struck down laws requiring segregated seating on public buses."

3. When did Martin Luther King, Jr's destiny lead him to Birmingham Alabama to head the Civil Rights Movement?

"In April 1963 King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) joined with Birmingham, Alabama’s existing local movement, the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR), in a massive direct action campaign to attack the city’s segregation system by putting pressure on Birmingham’s merchants during the Easter season, the second biggest shopping season of the year. "

Under King's leadership, two of the McKinstry girls, Jacqueline (18 years old) and Grenetta (15 years old), as did many other Black students in Birmingham, Alabama, became Foot soldiers for justice and equality. Many students from Elementary and High School peacefully demonstrated during the 1963 Civil Rights campaign.
The McKinstry girls along with their mother attended nightly Civil Rights meetings at Sixteenth street Baptist church (sight of the bombing that killed 4 young Black girls attending Sunday School). Grenetta McKinstry also, Marched in Saint Augustine, Florida, and attended the 1963 March on Washington.

Many believe, as do I, that the 1963 Civil Rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., ended successfully by focusing the eyes of the nation on the horrors of segregation and the need for Integration all over America.

After "much" suffering, fortitude (strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage), and yes some deaths, on July 2, 1964, The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (started by John F. Kennedy and signed by Lyndon Johnson) came into being. This document " prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, s*x or national origin. Provisions of this civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of s*x, as well as, race in hiring, promoting, and firing."

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/oasam/civil-rights-center/statutes/civil-rights-act-of-1964 #:~:text=The%20Civil%20Rights%20Act%20of%201964%20prohibits%20discrimination%20on%20the,hiring%2C%20 promoting%2C%20and%20firing.

Without Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's leadership the 1964 Civil Rights Act might not exist. Dr. King was truly a great man who sacrificed his own life (death) for the benefit of others. This is truly why we celebrate every year in America, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday.

Photographs were taken from McKinstry Family Museum Incorporated website: mckinstryfamilymuseum.org. All photos are copyrighted. McKinstry Family Museum Incorporated celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. Please like/love us on Facebook and follow us YouTube

In the words of former president Barack Obama let MLK, Jr Holiday Day be a day on and not just a day off. Do something to serve mankind.

01/01/2024

Happy New Year 2024!

It's a McKinstry Family New Years Day southern family tradition, "eating black eyed peas, greens and cornbread" on New Year's day for dinner. It is thought to bring prosperity in the new year. The peas symbolize prosperity. The greens symbolize money. The cornbread represents gold. I am getting ready to eat my New Year's Day dinner meal. Bon appetit! and Happy New Year from McKinstry Family Museum Incorporated.

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-eyed_pea #:~:text=Lucky%20New%20Year%20food,-New%20Year's%20Day&text=The%20peas%2C%20since%20they%20swell,also%20often%20accompanies%20this%20meal.

Photos from McKinstry Family Museum's post 12/20/2023

Christmas 2023
Memories of Christmas at the "McKinstry Family House" between 1956 to 1978. First of all, the McKinstrys were a religious family. Therefore, the main reason for why they celebrated the Christmas holiday was Christ's birthday, which is recognized in America as December 25. Then there was the non-religious celebration. The McKinstry's had seven natural born children, five girls and two boys during these years. I am one of the younger girls of the five. "Herein" are my memories. During that era (1956-1978) in my family's history, girls were treated as "girly" -girls, and received dolls and paper-dolls (see copyrighted photos) as their main Christmas toys along with a few small items as gifts under the tree. The McKinstry boys were treated as "manly"- boys and received cowboy attire (see copyrighted photos) as their main toys. Part of the cowboy attire included cap guns and caps used with them. If you ever wondered, as I did, how the cap gun "caps"(see photo below) worked? What made the popping sound? It's my understanding, that in the old days "the tiny powder charge was a simple mixture of potassium perchlorate, sulfur, and antimony sulfide sandwiched between two paper layers that hold in the gases long enough to give a sound report when the cap is struck." On first reading this explanation, it sounds dangerous, however "no one" I knew at Christmas or none of the boys in the McKinstry family or boys in our Neighborhood were hurt on Christmas Day or any time in the future due to playing with toy Cap pistols. However, over the years safety concerns came up and made it necessary to develop a new law for cap gun protection. "In 1988, the U.S. Federal Toy Gun Law made it illegal to sell any "look-alike firearm," including toy cap guns without a "permanently affixed" bright-orange or red plug in the end of its muzzle." On a positive note, if you still have a vintage cap gun and the red paper caps you received at Christmas these items can be legal as antiques only. Check the internet for laws covering their use just to make sure you are in compliance. In fact, all of the toys the McKinstry children had at Christmas time are being sold or displayed as "vintage" on the internet at websites like ebay, etsy, Amazon, Reddit and others.
Both the McKinstry boys and girls received silver-colored metal outdoor roller skates (skates sold on ebay and other websites). There was no indoor roller skating rink for Blacks (African Americans) in Birmingham during the time the McKinstry children grew up. It was mostly segregation between 1956 and 1978. Blacks had to roller skate outside on the street and not inside. Since all the neighborhoods were segregated, on Christmas Day Black neighbors allowed certain streets to be blocked off just for the Black Kids to roller skate. "It was so much fun!" There were no children seriously hurt during this time. Street skating lasted for several days at Christmas on designated streets. Usually it was over by New Years Day.

Under the Christmas Tree all of the children had Christmas stockings filled with an orange, an apple, mixed nuts (walnuts, pecans, etc.), red and white candy canes and other Christmas candy. The Christmas tree was decorated.every year. There Christmas tree in this post is mine, The gifts and toys were found under the tree on Christmas morning. I have also, added photos of food that's normally found at Christmas time only. Eggnog and fruitcake are two of my favorites. So, that's it! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.from McKinstry Family Museum, Incorporated. Please follow us and check us out and like us on Facebook, and our Museum Website, mckinstryfamilymuseum.org . Also, like us on Youtube.

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