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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Greeting card collection, circa 1850-1982
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with an elephant dressed as Santa Claus. His head is die cut and mounted on the card with a spring so his head bobs. On the inside (not shown)... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with three couples of animals dancing; two bears, a seal and a beaver, a fox and a rabbit. They are on a snowbank overlooking the sea with the... |
| 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. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Photo holiday greeting card of the Brynteson family. Four portraits show the various members of the family, including a dog. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Holiday card showing Santa Claus with his right arm around the neck of a black bull and holding holly in his left hand. Ticker tape is caught on the bull's... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday postcard of a couple on their bikes in a driveway. Shrubs and palm trees surround them. A map of the Pacific Ocean is in the backgroun... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday greeting card of three children, one boy and two girls, dressed in winter clothes, holding up an enlarged postcard. On the postcard is... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a drawing of a vacation home on the front, and a picture of the family in front of their Volkswagen bus on the inside. The family has a C... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with the figure of a woman, in a blouse and skirt, holding a wreath over her head with her left hand. She is barefoot. The text on the lower r... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday greeting card of the Brynteson family. Three photographs show Mom, Dad and daughter. A bow and pine branches decorate the card. The te... |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with the Christ child in a manger surrounded by four praying children, each of a different race, Native American, African American, Caucasian ... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with three children of different races, Asian American, Caucasian and African American, sleeping in three beds. Each has a stocking pinned to ... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with the word "PEACEFUL" embossed seven times on the front (not shown). On the inside, a photograph of a couple is glued in the center. Above ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Holiday postcard of Santa Claus, wearing the traditional red suit and hat with white fur trim, waving to two children. Santa has a basket of toys and dolls... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | 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. ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of Santa Claus knocking on a door in a hall with a brick floor. He is wearing a brown coat and hood, with a sack of toys on his back, a basket... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with two clasped hands over foliage and flowers. Image is inside of a black border. The text reads: "For auld lang syne, A merry Christmas To ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Holiday postcard of a boy and a girl, arm in arm. He is dressed in a green outfit with a green cloak with a gold lining, gold gloves and a green hat. She i... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Holiday postcard of a young girl holding a bouquet of violets and surrounded by sprigs of holly. She is wearing an off-the-shoulder dress with a pink bow. ... |
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