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| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of three French orphan children, two boys and a girl, herding three geese. The youngest boy holds a switch. A meadow, trees and a house are vi... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a silhouette of a soldier with his gun, walking across a map of Germany outlined in red. The word "GERMANY" is printed in gray over it. I... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with an Army soldier skiing down a hill. He is wearing a backpack and holding a piece of paper with the message "Merry Xmas" on it. Mountains ... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 12 16 1953 |
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| Description: | People waiting in line to mail their letters, packages and parcels in the lobby of the United States Post Office on Monona Avenue. A woman is standing at t... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with the American and Republic of China flags tied together with a cord with tassels. Above is "UNITED STATES" in a Chinese themed typeface. B... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of a trainload of skiers with their skis on their way to the slopes. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with the "family tree" of D.C. III (David Clark Everest) and Rita Everest, on the front, and a map of the U.S.A. on the inside showing the two... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of three candles with two decorative halos behind them. Metallic silver frame. Text in lower right corner reads: "Glad Tidings." Printed in re... |
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| Description: | Composite of two images: one a photograph of a rock, the other a cutout photograph of Sid on skis. The image is depicting Sid flying through the air on sno... |
| Date: | 12 06 1982 |
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| Description: | Custom holiday card for the entertainer Liberace. When the card is open, he is sitting outdoors in a horse-drawn sleigh, wearing a white fur coat. When the... |
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| Description: | Greeting card with a drawing of a log cabin in the woods. Snow is on the ground, and wreaths are in the windows and on the door. |
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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... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Holiday postcard of a girl seated on stones, with a boy resting his head on her lap. Burned-out buildings along a street can be seen behind them. The image... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with girl dressed for winter. She holds a shepherd's crook with a bird sitting on it. Trees and snow appear in the background. |
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| Description: | Greeting card with a drawing of a chair drawn up before a fire in a fireplace, and a table and desk in the corner near a tree with decorations, and gifts u... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of a stylized caroler holding a songbook and a wreath. Her scarf is blowing in the wind. The text "Holiday Greetings" appears in a sign in the... |
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| Description: | Holiday greeting card with a young girl holding a basket, intertwined with the letter "S" in gold ink, and sprigs of holly and berries. The card has blue f... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with three carolers singing in front of a snow-covered house. One caroler holds a lantern and they are dressed in Old English clothing style. ... |
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