Welcome to Wyoming's Historic Governors' Mansion, located in downtown Cheyenne. For the rest of the month, I want to share some special Christmas trees with you. These were all part of the Mansion's 2013 "Tinsel Through Time" exhibit.
The first tree I'm going to share with you is one you might have seen in any well-to-do house in the early twentieth century. Notice the candles (a fire hazard by modern standards). If you look closely, you'll also see the Barnum's Animal Cracker boxes used as ornaments. Although animal crackers had been produced before then, it was 1902 when the National Biscuit Company, later known as Nabisco, introduced the boxes with string handles that could turn them into ornaments.
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