{"id":2244,"date":"2012-11-29T13:02:05","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T13:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2015-01-08T17:21:34","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T22:21:34","slug":"christmas-shopping-in-1972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/11\/29\/christmas-shopping-in-1972\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Shopping in 1972"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pittsburgh\u2019s Downtown sidewalks were bustling and dressed in holiday style on December 22, 1972. It was a Friday and Ed Hood of McKees Rocks, pictured here lugging three boxes on his back, bought Christmas gifts for seven children.<\/p>\n

This image, taken by Pittsburgh Press photographer Edward A. Frank, appeared on the Friday front page of the newspaper.<\/p>\n

The picture may have been taken in front of the long gone Candy Rama, a business located at Fifth Avenue and Wood Street. In the top right corner of the image, the letters C A N are visible. The Candy Rama was a mecca for Pittsburgh shoppers who loved caramel cremes and peanut butter \u00a0meltaways. The latter were made by Gardner\u2019s Candies of Tyrone, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Stories on that day\u2019s front page carried news of the United States military\u2019s air war in North Vietnam and \u00a0the safe release of a kidnapped Texas bride named Amanda Dealey, the daughter in law of Joseph Dealey, president of the Dallas Morning News. Her new husband, Joe M. Dealey Jr., gave her an early Christmas gift \u2014 a single strand of pearls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pittsburgh\u2019s Downtown sidewalks were bustling and dressed in holiday style on December 22, 1972. <\/p>\n

Look at the picturesChristmas Shopping in 1972<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[948],"tags":[963,972,1197,982,985,1184,1042,1244,1046,1199],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tumblr_mdr8mukqGt1rr5swxo1_500.jpg?fit=500%2C413&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2292,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/11\/14\/gas-explosions-in-1927-on-pittsburghs-north-side\/","url_meta":{"origin":2244,"position":0},"title":"Gas explosions in 1927 on Pittsburgh’s North Side","date":"November 14, 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"The tanks were never rebuilt. 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