Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Santa on break


“A Santa during a coffee break during the NYC Christmas season.” Photograph by Leonard McCombe. New York City, December 1962. From the Life Photo Archive. Click for a larger view.]

[The counter layout and the sugar dispenser suggest that Santa might be a Chock full o’Nuts customer. The tray though doesn’t. Maybe it came from the North Pole with Santa.

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comments: 2

Lisa H said...

That is Horn & Hardart china so therefore that Santa is at Horn & Hardart.

Michael Leddy said...

Thank you, Lisa. I ate at the Automat at least a few times in childhood. I’m happy to have this identification and to know about your film.