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A Bright and Happy Christmas to You

Date: 1910
Description: Holiday postcard of two children, one with blonde hair and one with brunette hair. They are in bed wearing their pajamas while emptying their Christmas st...
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Greetings To You

Date: 1939
Description: Holiday card with a snow man and snow woman on it. He is wearing a scarf and top hat and has black buttons. She is wearing a bonnet and apron and is holdin...
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Merry Christmas

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with the American Eagle, gripping lightening bolts, ribbons and holly in his talons. In the background are clouds and a map of the United Stat...
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Red Truck Greeting Card

Date: 1940
Description: Greeting card with a drawing of a person driving a red truck fast on a snow-covered road. The bed filled to bursting with supplies, including a turkey that...
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Holiday Card of a Boy and His Dog

Date: 1890
Description: Holiday card featuring a boy and his dog. The boy is wearing a white and blue sailor suit. The dog is sitting up and begging with a sprig of holly in his m...
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Christmas Card

Date: 1965
Description: The inside group portrait and handprinted greeting of a French fold Christmas card from "The Brumders." The well-dressed family is standing and holding han...
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Eisenhower Christmas

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Description: Holiday card from D.C. Everest, Wisconsin paper industrialist. The front of the card reads "After twenty years we have again established sanity in governme...
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Here I Come!

Date: 1941
Description: Holiday card of a puppy wearing a sweater and scarf, rolling down a snow-covered hill inside of a giant snowball. In the background is the text of part of ...
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Missale Pataviense Holiday Card

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Description: Christmas card from Alger Hiss to James Aronson. The front of card is a page from the Missale Pataviense, Vienna, 1512. Inside reads: "Happy New Year to Ji...
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Santa Claus Playing the Piano

Date: 1949
Description: Holiday card with Santa Claus playing a piano. The background is black with a red border, and musical notes of various colors as well as the names of numer...
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The American Way

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday card that reads: "The American Way." Dark blue paper, with a diagonal metallic silver bar which has the text "American" inside of it. On either sid...
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Holiday Card, Boar's Head on a Platter

Date: 1939
Description: Holiday card with a woman carrying a boar's head on a platter decorated with holly, and a child following. The background is black, with light coming from ...
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My Hooverized Xmas Greeting

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card, red ink on light brown, speckled and textured cover paper. The text appears to be referring to the economic hard times during the presidency ...
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Seasons Greetings

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Description: Holiday card from Jane M. Byrne, mayor of Chicago, 1979-1983. The card is a reproduction of a stained glass window with a string attached so it can be hung...
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Bundles For Japan

Date: 1943
Description: Holiday card with a clown holding three balloons that have "BOMB" painted on them, one in his left hand and two in a basket held in his right hand. A sign ...
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With Best Christmas Wishes

Date: 1909
Description: Holiday postcard with Santa Claus, surrounded by pine boughs and candles, spilling toys and treats out of his sack. He is wearing a brown coat, mittens and...
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1908 Wishing You A Happy New Year

Date: 12 26 1907
Description: Holiday greeting postcard with violets and clover in the foreground framing the "1908" date, and at the top is a house and barn on a hill. Text at foot in ...
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Seasons Greetings

Date: 1948
Description: Holiday card of the history of the State of Wisconsin, 1848-1948. Shows a map of Wisconsin with many historical and themed elements. Image was created by w...
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Season's Greetings

Date: 1942
Description: Holiday card showing Navy Pier in Chicago. There is snow on the ground, the lake is frozen and two lines of planes are flying overhead forming a "V" patter...
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Minocqua Train Station

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Description: Greeting card with a winter view of the Minocqua railroad station. A child is pulling another child on a sled through the snow, and two people are meeting ...

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