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Christmas Sales 1940

  • Writer: Lawrence Lore
    Lawrence Lore
  • Dec 12, 2025
  • 1 min read

We know how busy this time of year is going to be for everyone with shopping, decorating, wrapping etc. so we present “gift buying through the decades” –five days of gifts that Lawrence County residents were purchasing locally.  Today showcases December 1940.


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