Holiday shopping has driven bargain hunters mad for the past century. Here are some of old photos showing bargain hunters shopping during the holidays.
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c. 1906. Bargain hunters waiting to enter a London shop during January sales. IMAGE: TOPICAL PRESS AGENCY/GETTY IMAGES |
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Jan. 1, 1907. Lines crowd for the Ponting's department store sale in London. IMAGE: ARGENT ARCHER/SSPL/GETTY IMAGES |
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c. 1910. People shopping for bargains crowd the street. IMAGE: HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES |
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Dec. 30, 1929. A winter sale begins In England. IMAGE: KEYSTONE-FRANCE/GAMMA-KEYSTONE VIA GETTY IMAGES |
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Dec. 30, 1935. A crowd of bargain hunters shopping for hats during the January sales at Whiteley's department store in Bayswater, London. IMAGE: HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES |
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Dec. 30, 1935. A crowd of bargain hunters shopping for hats in the January sales at Whiteley's department store, Bayswater, London. IMAGE: HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES |
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Sept. 1, 1938. A mauling mass of female shoppers ravage the dress counters of Filene's Basement in New York during a semi-annual Dollar Day sale which racked sales of up to $45,000. IMAGE: CARL MYDANS/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION/GETTY IMAGES |
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June 6, 1941. Crowds at a salvage sale in an east London department store use coupons to buy goods. IMAGE: REG SPELLER/FOX PHOTOS/GETTY IMAGES |
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c. 1945. A group of men and women stand on a city sidewalk, looking in the window of an appliance store during a sale. IMAGE: HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES |
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January 1950. Bargain hunters in a London store shop during the January sales. IMAGE: HAYWOOD MAGEE/PICTURE POST/GETTY IMAGES |
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Jan. 1, 1953. Bargain hunters shop at Ohrbach's store in New York. IMAGE: YALE JOEL/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION/GETTY IMAGES |
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Feb. 1, 1954. Frenzied shoppers crowd around a busy cashier during the bargain rush sale at Hearn's department store in New York. IMAGE: LISA LARSEN/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION/GETTY IMAGES |
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Jan. 3, 1955. The sale at the C&A store in Marble Arch, London. IMAGE: GEORGE W. HALES/FOX PHOTOS/GETTY IMAGES |
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Aug. 22, 1955. Queen Elizabeth II (right) selling an item during a sale at Abergeldie Castle in Scotland to raise funds for the rebuilding of the vestry at Crathie church. IMAGE: TOPICAL PRESS AGENCY/GETTY IMAGES |
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December 1955. A frenzied crowd of women grab at dresses during a Christmastime bargain sale. IMAGE: RALPH MORSE/LIFE MAGAZINE/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION/GETTY IMAGES |
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c. 1965. Bargain hunters attack a display of china at Selfridges department store in London. IMAGE: EVENING STANDARD/GETTY IMAGES |
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January 1970. Shoppers crowded behind the glass doors of C&A's on Oxford Street, London, waiting for the start of the January Sale. IMAGE: EVENING STANDARD/GETTY IMAGES |
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Dec. 26, 1971. Bargain hunters out in force on a Sunday as several downtown Toronto stores begin their traditional Boxing Day sales a day early. A police official said it is illegal for stores to be open on a Sunday, but nothing would be done. IMAGE: TORONTO STAR / GETTY IMAGES |
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Dec. 27, 1973. Shoppers line up for a sale at C&A's department store in London. IMAGE: EVENING STANDARD/GETTY IMAGES |
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July 12, 1980. A crowd pushes and shoves to reach the bargains in the china department at a Harrod's sale in London. IMAGE: CENTRAL PRESS/GETTY IMAGES |
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