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A Merry Christmas Check
| Holiday "check." It has an ornate green and black border with the text "A Merry Christmas," "A Happy New Year" and "With the Season's Greetings" in it. A wreath of holly appears in the upper left corner. The check is numbered and dated "No. 1910, Christmas, Dec 25th 19--" The organization is "The Bank Hearty of Good Wishes, Capital Unlimited." And made out to "Pay to the order of May Crandall Babcock, $365.00, Three Hundred and Sixty Five Happy Days," and debited to "And charge the same to the account of Birdie E. Skinner." Below that it reads: "Payable also at The Bank of Long Life, Good Health Branch, The Bank of Friendship, Sincerity Branch, The Bank of Good Cheer, Scripture Branch, The Bank of Good Fellowship, S. S. Class Branch, The Bank of Good Times, Help One Another Branch, The Bank of Good Fortune, Golden Rule Branch." Letterpress in black, red and green inks, perforated on the left edge. |
| Image ID: | 80485 |
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| Creation Date: | 1910 |
| Creator Name: | David C. Cook Publishing Company, Elgin, Illinois |
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| Collection Name: | Greeting card collection, circa 1850-1982 |
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| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6013, box 1, fldr 26 |
| Original Dimensions: | 9.3125 x 4.25 inches |
| Berries |
| Foliage |
| Banks and banking |
| Money |
| Ephemera |
| Christmas |
| Greeting cards |
| Holidays |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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