"With Best Wishes for a Happy Christmas," circa 1885
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Americans love to send -- and receive -- Christmas cards. In the late 1800s, Americans could purchase colorful commercially designed greeting cards to send to family and friends. The English firm of Hildesheimer and Faulkner created this artistic holiday greeting card complete with silk fringe in the last decades of the 1800s.
Americans love to send -- and receive -- Christmas cards. In the late 1800s, Americans could purchase colorful commercially designed greeting cards to send to family and friends. The English firm of Hildesheimer and Faulkner created this artistic holiday greeting card complete with silk fringe in the last decades of the 1800s.
Artifact
Christmas card
Date Made
circa 1885
Creators
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Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
89.0.540.465
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gilding (Technique)
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 5.5 in
Width: 4.5 in
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