Happy Holidays! Please enjoy a few of Wilson Library’s favorite photographs of seasonal celebrations across the South:
Group on their way to Ronda, N.C. for a Christmas dance, circa 1913. From the Thomas F. Hickerson Papers, #3809, Southern Historical Collection.

Hatteras Island “Old Christmas” celebrations in Rodanthe, N.C., circa 1940s From the North Carolina County Photographic Collection #P0001, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives.

For more on “Buck” and Old Christmas on the Outer Banks, click here.
Nashville Community Sing, 1949. From the Charles S. Killebrew Photographic Collection (P0091), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives.

Bunn Family Christmas, 1951. From the Charles S. Killebrew Photographic Collection (P0091), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives.

Elizabeth Spencer with unknown companions, New Year’s Eve party, 1994. From the Elizabeth Spencer Papers #5145, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Poster, A Rockabilly Christmas Party, Hideaway BBQ, Raleigh, N.C., 14 December 2007. From the Jason Lonon Poster Collection #20451, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
