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Greetings!

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Description: Holiday card depicting an African American Santa Claus, wearing the traditional red suit, mittens and hat with white fur trim. He is carrying a sack over h...
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Cheers

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Description: Holiday card with an African American woman dancing with Santa Claus. She is wearing a green mini-dress with a belt, and red go-go boots. A phonograph and ...
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NOEL

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Description: Photographic holiday card of an African American family posed over an image of three dimensional letters that read: "NOEL." The letters are slanting from u...
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Holiday Card of an African American Family

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Description: Photographic holiday card of an African American family posed over "Merry Christmas" wrapping paper in the background. Holly and bells appear overhead. Eac...
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Holiday Card with a Drawing of Three African Americans

Date: 1972
Description: Holiday card with three African Americans, two men and a baby. Inside of a black and white border, on a black background, the people appear in the lower le...
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James "John" Adams Riley aka Snowball

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Description: Printed postcard of James "John" Adams Riley aka Snowball. Text on reverse reads, "Snowball — window-washer, philosopher, affectionately named by students ...

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