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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Greeting card collection, circa 1850-1982
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card with three layers. The bottom layer is the folded card with an ornate embossed design in blue and metallic gold. In the center is a cu... |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card with a Cupid holding a golden ribbon bow in the shape of a heart. He is surrounded by Forget Me Not flowers, and at the bottom of the ... |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card depicting a man smoking a pipe, and washing a sink full of dirty dishes. He is wearing a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a ... |
| Date: | 12 21 1909 |
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| Description: | Embossed postcard with a drawing of Santa Claus wearing driving goggles and driving an automobile. A Christmas tree and several toys are loaded in the back... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| 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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| Description: | Holiday greeting card with Santa sitting on a wooden box reading a book with a puppy sitting at his feet. The book opens and has text that reads, "And I ho... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A Christmas greeting card with an illustration of a woman at a market stall with wreaths and greenery. Inside the stall is the vendor. The colors are chrom... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A Christmas greeting postcard with an illustration of a winter scene of a woman standing in the snow near a bridge, framed by a wreath of holly and berries... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Holiday greeting card with a child standing in the snow and holding ornaments to put on a tree outdoors. There is also a house and another tree in the back... |
| Date: | 12 31 1912 |
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| Description: | Holiday postcard with a an illustration of a branch of Poinsettia. In the upper right corner in red ink, "A Happy New Year." |
| 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: | Custom holiday card for the entertainer Liberace. On the outside front and back are two wreaths of piano keys, with holly, ribbons and his signature candel... |
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| Description: | Custom holiday card for the entertainer Liberace. There is text on the outside front that reads: "A Holiday Note to..." When the card is opened, a die cut ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Holiday postcard of two cherubs gazing over a gold frame. The frame contains a scene of a church in the snow, with a tree and the moon. The background is b... |
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| Description: | Friendship postcard with a summer scene of a man in a rowboat, moored to a post, fishing. Trees are on a rise in the background and foliage is growing in t... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Holiday postcard that reads: "Good Luck for Christmas; Good Luck for the New Year For you and yours and Everybody you hold dear." The postcard is embellish... |
| Date: | 12 29 1914 |
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| Description: | New Years postcard with a drawing of a home with trees, in the snow, near a stream. Text reads: "A Happy New Year. All good Wishes for a bright and happy N... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Hand-tinted photo postcard of two beautiful women, with their heads together, holding the receiver of a vintage telephone. They are wearing gowns and have ... |
| Date: | 12 25 1908 |
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| Description: | Christmas postcard, with two cats wearing bows around their necks, surrounded by holly. Their paws are on a scroll that reads: "With Best Christmas Wishes.... |
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