Just in time for Christmas! This set of images is devoted to some of the goings-on of Santa and "Santa Claus Town" in 1916, as pictured by a combination of drawing and composite photography. The context of these is unfortunately unknown; they were deposited with the British Library to register their copyright, indicating commercial use, but what that use was I do not know. The images fortunately do come with captions--some of which only raise more questions.
The British Library |
"Santa Claus Town." Source
The British Library |
"Santa Claus Palace." Source
The British Library |
"The palace bears." Of course Santa keeps polar bears in his palace! Source