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Christmas Greetings
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Holiday postcard of Santa Claus, wearing the traditional red suit and hat with white fur trim, waving to two children. Santa has a basket of toys and dolls on his back, and is holding a toy horse. The children, a girl and boy, are waving a white cloth from a balcony. Holly decorates the upper left corner. Text in the lower left corner reads: "Christmas Greetings." Chromolithograph and embossed. Printed in Germany.
1930
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W012NO5
WHi 80344
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