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Antique Christmas Cards
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Four antique Christmas cards. At the top left is a copper engraved robin card, 1840. Top right is a harp and rose greeting card hand-painted in 1800. Lower left is a homemade card of pressed ferns and flowers, 1885. Lower right is a rare example of first printed card showing rider carrying corsage, 1850.
November 4, 1931
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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With Loving Christmas Greetings
1896
Die cut Christmas greeting card with flowers on the top left, and text in gold on a white background that reads: 'With loving Christmas greetings." Chromolithograph.
Christmas Greeting Card
Christmas greeting card featuring a view of a mining town with smokestacks, gravel piles, houses, large buildings and distant mountains. Surrounding the photograph are illustrated poinsettias. Capt...
A Right On Christmas To You!
1975
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 right reads: "A Right On Christmas To You!"...
Christmas Card with Scene of Fort Ruins
A Christmas Card with two views. The on on the left is featuring an image of a girl sledding while wearing winter gear, and on the right is a photograph of the ruins of Fort Benton, Mont. Three for...
J. Robert Taylor Christmas Card
1914
A Christmas card with oval family portraits of (from top left clockwise) Alma Reinhardt-Taylor, Ellen Taylor-Higgins, Donna Taylor-Adams, Fred Taylor, and J. Robert Taylor. The card reads "1914, A ...
Christmas Wishes
1907
Real Photo Christmas postcard with a girl, pine branches and an inset of snow covered buildings. The girl is wearing a coat and cap. The text at top left reads: "Christmas Wishes." In the lower lef...
