Hallmark "Child's Age Collection: Baby's First Christmas" Christmas Ornament, 1994

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Artifact Overview

Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments appealed to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes. Purchasing an ornament like this one would bring back happy family memories of that event year after year.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Christmas tree ornament

Date Made

1994

Creator Notes

Designed by Ken Crow for Hallmark Cards, Inc. in Kansas City, Missouri. Made in Sri Lanka.

Object ID

2019.65.3079

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Plastic
Cardboard

Color

Multicolored

Inscriptions

on front of ornament: 1 / Baby's 1st / Christmas on front of packaging: KEEPSAKE / ORNAMENT / Baby's First Christmas / CHILD'S AGE COLLECTION on back of packaging: Handcrafted - Dated 1994 / Celebrate the Teddy Bear Years! / Start an ornament collection for a child. / See all the Hallmark Teddy Bear ornaments / commemorating a child's first five Christmases. on top of packaging: Hallmark