click zoom to display a high-res image
Santa Claus Playing the Piano
Image
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 numerous Christmas songs are swirling around him. Santa's red suit and hat are flocked with red and the image is embossed.
1949
Publication Information
| Date Created | 1949 |
|---|
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
|---|---|
| Extent | 1 print |
| Dimensions | 13 x 16 cm |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Greeting card collection, circa 1850-1982 |
|---|---|
| Call Number | PH 6013, box 1, fldr 20 |
| Media Number | Box 1,Folder 20 |
| Catalog Record | https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/999466117302121 |
| Finding Aid | https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ph06013 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED |
|---|
W012NHS
WHi 80217
Image
Digital Collections
Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
Attribution
For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Accessing Collections
The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.
Cheerio!
1943
Holiday card with Santa Claus winking. He is wearing his traditional red hat with white trim and a bell. The word "Cheerio!" is made out of candy canes and decorated with holly. Red and white strip...
Twas the Night Before Christmas
1941
Holiday card with a winter nighttime landscape. At the bottom half of the card is a snow-covered house with two pine trees. The roof of a second house is in the background. The smoke from the chimn...
Merry Christmas
1909
Holiday postcard with a little girl asleep in bed. Santa Claus is gazing at her with a doll in his left hand. He has a sack of toys on his back and is wearing the traditional red suit and hat. The ...
A Merry Christmas to All
1912
Holiday postcard of Santa Claus inside of an upside down horseshoe. He has his finger alongside his nose and is wearing a red suit and hat with blue trim. Holly is at the top of the postcard and to...
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
1950
Holiday card of a die cut head of Santa Claus and a gold edged, embossed, black, square card. There is a hole at the top of both pieces with a tasseled string tying them together. Santa has a die c...
Best Christmas Wishes
1930
Holiday postcard with Santa Claus at the bedside of a child, handing out toys. There are dolls, a bear, a badminton racket and bird, ball and a toy horse. Santa Claus is wearing the traditional red...
