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Black Christmas

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Description: Holiday card of an African American child standing next to a snowman. The child is wearing a jacket, snow pants, boots, stocking cap and earmuffs. The snow...
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Season's Greetings from Herb Kohl

Date: 2008
Description: Holiday card from Senator Herb Kohl. The front of the card reads: "Season's Greetings from Senator Herb Kohl" and has the state of Wisconsin in the middle....
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We Shall Overcome... (Selma '65)

Date: 1965
Description: Holiday card showing the Civil Rights March on Selma, Alabama, in 1965. The Christmas star shines overhead and has glitter on it. The card has a red border...
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Capital Christmas

Date: 1937
Description: Holiday card from Palmer F. Daugs, alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1936, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1954 and candidate for Wi...
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Holiday Card of an African American Family

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Description: Photographic holiday card of an African American family posed over "Merry Christmas" wrapping paper in the background. Holly and bells appear overhead. Eac...
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Holiday Card with a Drawing of Three African Americans

Date: 1972
Description: Holiday card with three African Americans, two men and a baby. Inside of a black and white border, on a black background, the people appear in the lower le...
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Eisenhower Christmas

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Description: Holiday card from D.C. Everest, Wisconsin paper industrialist. The front of the card reads "After twenty years we have again established sanity in governme...
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Greetings

Date: 1914
Description: Holiday card of a Native American woman holding a patterned bowl of holly and berries. A blanket is draped over her shoulders, and a red and green headband...
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Xmas * Fatherless Children of France * 1917

Date: 1917
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...
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A Host of Good Wishes

Date: 1917
Description: A patriotic holiday card with the Statue of Liberty at the top with a wreath of holly behind her. She is standing on a red and blue bordered box that has t...
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Joyeux Noel!

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a soldier walking while carrying a child who is waving an American flag. The soldier is wearing a uniform and a campaign hat. Two childre...
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Merry Christmas

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a young girl looking at herself in the mirror. She is wearing a white dress with a green sash, white stockings, black shoes and a militar...
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Christmas Greetings To You In Service

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Description: Holiday card with a uniformed nurse standing under mistletoe, while a soldier and a sailor are walking towards her, presumably to kiss her. Inside a red bo...
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Merry Christmas

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a soldier in a tan uniform reading a book with a little girl. The cover of the book says "FRENCH." She has a blonde ponytail with a blue ...
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Christmas Greetings to You, Jackie

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a woman and a sailor. She is wearing a gold dress suit, a fur cape and a hat. He is wearing a sailor's uniform. She is throwing a garland...
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Merry Christmas

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with the American Eagle, gripping lightening bolts, ribbons and holly in his talons. In the background are clouds and a map of the United Stat...
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Peace

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a line drawing of just the head of a child, possibly a cherub, with the word "PEACE" in the background. Below it says "Christmas 1918." L...
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Peace On Earth, Goodwill Toward Men

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Description: Holiday card of an angel with wings standing between two decorative bars. She is holding a broken sword and has halo behind her head with a flame over it. ...
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Holiday Card with a Military Theme

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card of a window, looking outward from the inside of a house. On the sill is an American Eagle on a Federal Shield over a swag of holly and ribbon,...
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Christmas Greetings to You in Red Cross Service

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a nurse in uniform peering through a wreath she is holding. The card has a thin red border. The text below reads: "Christmas Greetings to...

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