{"id":2263,"date":"2012-11-23T13:01:01","date_gmt":"2012-11-23T13:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2263"},"modified":"2015-01-08T17:20:52","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T22:20:52","slug":"the-day-after-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/11\/23\/the-day-after-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"The day after\u00a0Thanksgiving 1960"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\\\/thedigs\\\/2012\\\/11\\\/23\\\/the-day-after-thanksgiving\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:80752127}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 1076px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"1076\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 1076px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"1076\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/11\/23\/the-day-after-thanksgiving\/attachment\/2264\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"796\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1072\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"2264\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tumblr_mdlrm1bGvh1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"676,910\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Post-Gazette&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;tumblr_hty_12251960_thanksgiving\\rThanksgiving\\rNovember 25, 1960\\rBut mostly it was a family day spent at home as the photo at right on Forbes Avenue, near Stanwix Street, graphically illustrates. The Downtown streets are deserted but for a nearly empty bus, a couple of automobiles and the lobe street cleaner \\r(Post-Gazette Photo)\\rPittsburgh&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;tumblr_hty_12251960_thanksgiving&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tumblr_mdlrm1bGvh1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=222%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tumblr_mdlrm1bGvh1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=676%2C910&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tumblr_mdlrm1bGvh1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?w=796&#038;h=1072&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"796\" height=\"1072\" data-original-width=\"796\" data-original-height=\"1072\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"(Post-Gazette photo)\" style=\"width: 796px; height: 1072px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> (Post-Gazette photo) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><strong>Nov. 25, 1960:<\/strong> Black Friday in 1960 was not the busiest shopping day of the year. Although people did go shopping, this part of Downtown photographed\u00a0on Forbes Avenue, near Stanwix Street\u00a0was quiet.\u00a0The Downtown streets were deserted but for a nearly empty bus, a couple of automobiles, a trolley at far right and a lone street cleaner.\u00a0For many, it was a family day spent at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Friday in 1960 was not the busiest shopping day of the year. <\/p>\n<p><a class='more-link' href='https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/11\/23\/the-day-after-thanksgiving\/'>Look at the pictures<span class='screen-reader-text'>The day after\u00a0Thanksgiving 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