Christmas Card Sent to Pontiac Motor Company Employee, Wilford D. Pain, 1941
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Artifact Overview
Colorful, commercially designed greeting cards were popular in early 20th-century America--especially during the holidays. Friends and neighbors commonly exchanged cards wishing one another a Merry Christmas or Happy New Year. This example of a fashionable "trick" card appeared at first to be an authentic voucher, but contained only an expression of seasonal goodwill.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Christmas card
Date Made
1941
Subject Date
1941
Creator Notes
Made for Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors Corporation.
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2009.35.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Margaret Pain.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Photomechanical processes
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 7 in (when folded in half: 3.5")
Width: 8.25 in
Inscriptions
Printed on front:
Christmas Cheer / THE HOLIDAYS 1941 No. 0000 / The Bank of Good Will / Pay to the / Order of / [Handwritten in ink:] Wilford D. Pain $ 365 Days / THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE Days of Happiness / Throughout the New Year and others to come / By PONTIAC MOTOR CO., Plant 5 / [Handwritten in ink] (signed) J M Ridgeway
Printed on back:
This Christmas Voucher / is our token of our appreciation of your good will which has / so materially contributed to our progress.../ ... A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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