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Loading the Times Square Christmas tree onto a train bound for New York City in Thendara

Loading the Times Square Christmas tree onto a train bound for New York City in Thendara

Loading a burlap-wrapped Christmas tree onto a flatbed car at the depot in Thendara. The tree, donated by the Adirondack League Club, was the first Christmas tree to be set up in Times Square in New York City. Men in picture, left to right: Peter Zimmer, Merle White, Lewis L. Grant and James Scanlon. Circa 1910. Thendara, NY. Donated by James Scanlon, courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

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