General Electric has been lighting up Cleveland for Christmas for a very long time. Here’s a look at their Christmas lighting displays through the years.

Photos courtesy Cleveland Memory Project

Boy standing next to larger-than-life lighted toy soldier, 1980
Christmas display at Nela Park 1980.
Christmas Display at Nela Park includes a figure skater gliding on frozen pond of lights while a bobsledder in the background takes a ride down a hill of lights, 1958.
Christmas display at Nela Park, 1939.
Christmas trees at Nela Park, 1941
Giant candy canes at Nela Park, 1950s.
Full Christmas display at Nela Park, 1980.
House at Nela Park decorated for Christmas, 1945.
Joy to the World lettering at G.E. Christmas display, 1957. Credit: Photo courtesy Cleveland Memory Project
Nearby house at Nela Park decorated for Christmas, 1957.
Lights turned on at General Electric Nela Park display, 1951.
Nela Park Yule display 1970.
Outdoor lighting with silhouette ice skaters, 1980.
Peace on Earth nativity scene, 1930
Santa Claus riding a jet rocket, 1954.
Santa and fireplace display at Nela Park, 1940.
Santa train lighting display at Nela Park, 1958. Credit: Photo courtesy Cleveland Memory Project
Silent Night display at Nela Park, 1954.
The 1928 Nela Park Christmas display.
Three Wise Men fashioned out of pipe material and Lighted Ice lamps, 1957.

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