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Wish You a Merry Christmas
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The inside of a holiday card. It shows the head of the company, D.C. (Clark) Everest, sitting at his desk. Four green frames across the top show different issues that occurred in 1951. "Man-power Shortage," "Waitin' For The Frate," "Consumption of Paper & Paperboard in the United States" and "WAR." To the right is the text "If I Were Not Such A Modest Person, I Might Say 'I Told You So' But ..... Being As I Am I Can Merely Wish You A Merry Christmas And All The Happiness Possible In 1951, D.C. (Clark) Everest." The front (not shown) has a red candle in a candle holder surrounded by holly.
1951
Ever-Color, Wausau, Wisconsin
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W012NLU
WHi 80251
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