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A Merry Christmas

Date: 1845
Description: Two holiday cards with European Robins. Robins are a symbol of Christmas in Great Britain. Caption reads: "A merry christmas." Chromolithograph. Images an...
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A Merry Christmas

Date: 1845
Description: Two holiday cards with European Robins. Robins are a symbol of Christmas in Great Britain. Caption reads: "A merry christmas." Chromolithograph. Images and...
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Christmas Greetings

Date: 1929
Description: Holiday card with shepherds holding crooks and their sheep in the hills under the Christmas star. The text "Christmas Greetings" appears at the bottom. Let...
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Date: 1910
Description: A Christmas greeting card with gold border and fringe on three sides. Flowers, berries and ferns are the background to the gold text which reads, "Merry Ch...
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Greetings

Date: 1937
Description: Holiday card with a branch of pink and red berries and green leaves over a metallic silver disc. The word "Greetings" appears below. Letterpress.
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Greetings

Date: 1938
Description: Holiday card with printed wood grain. A box in the center with a white, brown and red border reads: "greetings" with a red star.
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A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Date: 1877
Description: Holiday card with flowers and butterflies. Caption reads: "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year." Chromolithograph.
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Blessings At Christmas

Date: 1972
Description: Photographic holiday greeting card of the Brynteson family. Three photographs show Mom, Dad and daughter. A bow and pine branches decorate the card. The te...
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Christmas Greetings from the Bryntesons

Date: 1970
Description: Photo holiday greeting card of the Brynteson family. Four portraits show the various members of the family, including a dog.
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Christmas Greetings

Date: 1926
Description: Holiday card with two parts. The main card is red paper with gold foliage printed on the outside. "Christmas Greetings" is printed on the bottom in black u...
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Greeting For the Holiday Season

Date: 1935
Description: Holiday card with a silhouette image of a family gathered around their Christmas tree. The father is lighting the candles. The text "Greetings For The Holi...
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Greetings

Date: 1941
Description: Holiday card with man sitting in an easy chair in front of a fireplace. He is smoking a pipe and reading a book. There is a model sailing ship on the mantl...
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Greetings

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday card with a frog, wearing a red and black checked suit and a bow tie, dancing on a pine branch. He has one candy cane in his mouth and one in his o...
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Greetings

Date: 1914
Description: Holiday card of a Native American woman holding a patterned bowl of holly and berries. A blanket is draped over her shoulders, and a red and green headband...
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Peace

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a line drawing of just the head of a child, possibly a cherub, with the word "PEACE" in the background. Below it says "Christmas 1918." L...
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Christmas Greetings and All Good Wishes For the New Year

Date: 1910
Description: Hand oil painted holiday card on wood. The scene is a seashore with foliage and rocks, two houses in the distance, and a snow-covered mountain in the backg...
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Date: 1944
Description: Holiday card made out of wallpaper. Ivy and berries frame the message which reads: "With a paper shortage at Christmastime, Sort of makes one cross and sur...
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Merry Xmas 1944

Date: 1944
Description: Military themed Christmas greeting card featuring the Statue of Liberty, a soldier with an American flag and the flag of Great Britain, and an angel in bat...
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Greetings from Our House to Your House

Date: 1962
Description: Photographic holiday greeting card of a family posed on their staircase. A father, mother, two daughters and one son are pictured. At top is the text "Gree...
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Governor's Executive Residence

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Description: Holiday card from Warren P. Knowles, Governor of Wisconsin, 1965-1971. The front of the card has a color image of the Wisconsin governor's mansion glued o...

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