Please note that we recently underwent a redesign and redevelopment of our website and are in the process of back-posting our 280+ blog posts for Ask the Past. Rest assured that all of the information still exists and will soon appear here again. We appreciate your patience as we work through deep history of posts — thank you!
Categories
Handmade Christmas Cards: Foil Tree, Bauble & Star
Sending Christmas cards to loved ones is a tradition that continued in the 1920's. Mailing cards and packages sent loving holiday wishes both domestically and abroad.
A Roaring 20's Christmas Puzzle
Christmas during the 1920's looked a lot like Christmas today. The late 19th century brought electricity, telephones, radio and refrigeration into Amerian homes.
Christmas in the 1920s- Agecroft Comes to Virginia
When Agecroft Hall was moved to Richmond in the 1920s, it was coming to America at a time of great change. The Christmas season was no different!
The Twelve Days of Christmas: Food and Entertaining
The Langley and Dauntesey families of Agecroft Hall would have celebrated a festive holiday season.
Christmas in the Age of Victoria
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Christmas was not considered a major holiday. Many businesses would remain open, and any celebrations that happened were very subdued.
A Christmas Masque at Agecroft Hall, 1927
Agecroft Hall was rebuilt in Richmond in the late 1920s. In December of 1927, T.C. Williams, Jr. and his wife Bessie moved into the house and celebrated with two nights of glittering housewarming holiday parties.