Caption: none Description: “D.C.” is decked out in all his holiday clothes and laughs, “First chance I’ve had to doll up since Santy came.”

Caption: At the Busy Counter [in pencil] Description: A crowd of people carrying packages converge on a store gift exchange counter.

Caption: Christmas Wishing [in pencil] Description: Two young government clerks look at the display window of the “U.S. Gift Shop,” where Santa Claus is handing out salary increases, and say, “We may get in on that.”

Caption: none Description: An oversized “D.C.” stands among a crowd of people, buildings, and signs announcing various conferences and meetings, and holds a list of congresses convening in Washington this week.

Caption: none Description: Surrounded by notices encouraging citizens to get their holiday shopping done early, “D.C.” imagines a crowd trying to squeeze into a subway car with all of their packages and decides he had better “hustle.”