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'Sunday Selling' law creates chaos in 1962
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Throwback Thursday: 'Sunday Selling' law creates chaos in 1962
Updated Dec 21;Posted Dec 21
Christmas trees are sold at Hafner's in 1995. In 1962, after business groups asked for stricter enforcement of Sunday-selling laws, Christmas trees were illegal to purchase on Sunday, Dec. 16 in Onondaga County, but legal inside the city of Syracuse. (Carl J. Single / The Post-Standard)
By Johnathan Croyle
jcroyle@syracuse.com,
syracuse.com
As Central New Yorkers prepare for the final weekend of shopping before Christmas, it will be strange to remember a time when shopping was forbidden for most items on Sundays.
On Dec. 14, 1962, the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce and the Better Business Bureau asked Syracuse and Onondaga County police for better enforcement of so-called Sunday Selling laws.
By Johnathan Croyle
jcroyle@syracuse.com,
syracuse.com
As Central New Yorkers prepare for the final weekend of shopping before Christmas, it will be strange to remember a time when shopping was forbidden for most items on Sundays.
On Dec. 14, 1962, the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce and the Better Business Bureau asked Syracuse and Onondaga County police for better enforcement of so-called Sunday Selling laws.
"Where Is What Legal?" was the headline to this caption in the Post-Standard on Dec. 17, 1962. Christmas trees were legal to buy inside the city of Syracuse, but illegal in the rest of Onondaga County on Sunday, Dec. 16, 1962 after stricter enforcement of Sunday Selling Laws.
The laws, also called blue laws, dated back to when the Dutch controlled New York in the 17th century, said that only essential items could be sold to the public on Sundays. Food, like bread, milk and eggs, were OK to sell. But not raw meat.
The laws, also called blue laws, dated back to when the Dutch controlled New York in the 17th century, said that only essential items could be sold to the public on Sundays. Food, like bread, milk and eggs, were OK to sell. But not raw meat.
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