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Season's Greetings
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Holiday card showing Navy Pier in Chicago. There is snow on the ground, the lake is frozen and two lines of planes are flying overhead forming a "V" pattern. Above reads: "Season's Greetings" and below "Nineteen Hundred Forty Two." On the inside (not shown) is the Aviation Diesel logo and a scene of war planes over the ocean and two Navy ships. Offset lithography.
1942
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W012NR0
WHi 80761
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