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A Merry Christmas
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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 blue with gold stars and pine branches. The gold ink is metallic. Text at the foot reads: "A merry Christmas." Embossed. Chromolithograph.
1915
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