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Holiday Greetings

Date: 1929
Description: A combined holiday card and birth announcement with Santa Claus and a stork holding a banner between them that says "Holiday Greetings from the Knowltons i...
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Wisha Da Merry Chris' An Da Hap' New Year!

Date: 1933
Description: Holiday card of a man and a woman standing on either side of a musical hand cart. They are in front of an industrial building with a large window, and snow...
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Peace On Earth

Date: 1962
Description: Holiday card with representatives of six of the world's religions. In the center is the text: "Peace On Earth." On the inside (not shown) the sender is the...
Postcard

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year

Date: 1964
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...
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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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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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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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Holiday Card of a Military Camp

Date: 1942
Description: Holiday card showing a military camp with three soldiers standing together gazing at the Christmas star. Two tents are pitched under two trees on the shore...
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Season's Greetings, Let's Stamp Out the Dictators!

Date: 1942
Description: Holiday card with a 10¢ War Stamp Album glued inside. The front of the card shows Uncle Sam's large shoe kicking Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito into space....
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Love Is A Robber Bold

Date: 1913
Description: Valentine's Day postcard of a lady holding a heart, being "held up" by two "western-themed" Cupids holding pistols. She is wearing a pink and floral print ...
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I Love You, A Sign Of Love

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Description: Valentine's Day card of a boy in a painter's uniform and gloves. He holds a brush dripping red paint in his right hand. He has just painted "I Love You!" o...
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If I Were A King, You'd Be My Queen, Valentine

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Description: Child's Valentine's Day card with the image of a lion with a blue bow on his tail sitting on a pedestal. He has a crown with a heart on top, which fits int...
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Honey, I Go For You — In A Great Big Way

Date: 02 10 1965
Description: Valentine's Day card with the image of an elephant. She is wearing a red hat with a pink bow and is standing up on her back legs. A red heart in the upper ...
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Hope I Figured Right

Date: 1965
Description: Child's Valentine's Day card with a boy and a girl. He is wearing shorts, jacket, eyeglasses, and a graduation cap. He holds a slate in one hand with the t...
Photograph

Memorial Day Parade

Date: 1966
Description: "American Legion Post 270 celebrates Memorial Day."
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Parade

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Description: Elevated view of a parade in downtown Theresa.
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Polar Bear Club

Date: 01 01 1997
Description: "This and the following pages show the 'Polar Bear Club' ready for a swim at Port Washington on New Year's Day. Lucky for them, temperatures were in the lo...
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Memorial Day

Date: 05 26 1997
Description: "Memorial Day veterans — Del McKinney, Rudy Heinecke, Ralph Widmer, Virgil Krueger, Ken Schenning, Ralph Ruecker and Les Beck."
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Truck Towing Sesame Street Parade Float

Date: 11 25 1976
Description: Float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. A black and white International Harvester Scout 4x4 truck is towing a Sesame Street themed parade float. Muppe...
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Truck in Thanksgiving Day Parade

Date: 11 25 1976
Description: Thanksgiving Day Parade, either Macy's Parade in Manhattan, New York, or Gimbels' Parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A tan and brown International Harve...

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