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- Christmas Postcard, "A Christmas Greeting," 1915 -
- December 23, 1915
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Christmas Postcard, "A Christmas Greeting," 1915
- Christmas Postcard, "Merry Christmas," 1909 - Mailing colorful, commercially designed greeting cards was a 20th-century American tradition. During the holidays, friends and neighbors commonly exchanged cards wishing one another a Merry Christmas or Happy New Year. Publishers often employed decorative imagery, such as a homey winter scene, to evoke warm seasonal memories.
- December 07, 1909
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Christmas Postcard, "Merry Christmas," 1909
Mailing colorful, commercially designed greeting cards was a 20th-century American tradition. During the holidays, friends and neighbors commonly exchanged cards wishing one another a Merry Christmas or Happy New Year. Publishers often employed decorative imagery, such as a homey winter scene, to evoke warm seasonal memories.
- Christmas Postcard, "Home for Christmas," 1908 - Many people visit family and friends during the Christmas holidays. But mailing a Christmas card might be the next best thing for those who cannot travel. Some cards depict scenes of families and friends arriving, waiting at the door, or greeting each other inside -- reminders of a time-honored tradition and personal connection to loved ones far away.
- 1908
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Christmas Postcard, "Home for Christmas," 1908
Many people visit family and friends during the Christmas holidays. But mailing a Christmas card might be the next best thing for those who cannot travel. Some cards depict scenes of families and friends arriving, waiting at the door, or greeting each other inside -- reminders of a time-honored tradition and personal connection to loved ones far away.
- Christmas Greeting Postcard, 1910 - Mailing colorful, commercially designed greeting cards was a 20th-century American tradition. During the holidays, friends and neighbors commonly exchanged cards wishing one another a Merry Christmas or Happy New Year. Publishers often employed decorative imagery, such as a homey winter scene, to evoke warm seasonal memories.
- December 24, 1910
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Christmas Greeting Postcard, 1910
Mailing colorful, commercially designed greeting cards was a 20th-century American tradition. During the holidays, friends and neighbors commonly exchanged cards wishing one another a Merry Christmas or Happy New Year. Publishers often employed decorative imagery, such as a homey winter scene, to evoke warm seasonal memories.
- Christmas Postcard, "With Best Christmas Wishes," 1910 - Mailing colorful, commercially designed greeting cards had become an American tradition by the 1920s and 1930s. Friends and neighbors commonly exchanged cards that wished one another a merry Christmas or happy New Year during the winter holidays. Publishers sometimes decorated these cards with nostalgic images of mills, churches, or covered bridges steeped in snow.
- December 24, 1910
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Christmas Postcard, "With Best Christmas Wishes," 1910
Mailing colorful, commercially designed greeting cards had become an American tradition by the 1920s and 1930s. Friends and neighbors commonly exchanged cards that wished one another a merry Christmas or happy New Year during the winter holidays. Publishers sometimes decorated these cards with nostalgic images of mills, churches, or covered bridges steeped in snow.
- Christmas Greeting Postcard, circa 1935 - Colorful, commercially designed greeting cards were popular during early 20th-century America--especially on holidays. Friends and neighbors customarily exchanged cards wishing one another a Merry Christmas or Happy New Year. This is one of a genre of Christmas cards that harkened back to a nostalgic pre-industrial era--a time when Christmas as we know it today never actually existed!
- circa 1935
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Christmas Greeting Postcard, circa 1935
Colorful, commercially designed greeting cards were popular during early 20th-century America--especially on holidays. Friends and neighbors customarily exchanged cards wishing one another a Merry Christmas or Happy New Year. This is one of a genre of Christmas cards that harkened back to a nostalgic pre-industrial era--a time when Christmas as we know it today never actually existed!
- Christmas Postcard, circa 1910, "A Merry Christmas and a Bright New Year" - Mailing colorful, commercially designed greeting cards was a 20th-century American tradition. During the holidays, friends and neighbors commonly exchanged cards wishing the recipient a merry Christmas or happy New Year. Some of these Christmas cards featured illustrations that had little to do with the holiday. Designers decorated cards with flowers, butterflies, birds, or other animals--even horses--coupled with a holiday greeting and a traditional sprig of greenery.
- circa 1910
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Christmas Postcard, circa 1910, "A Merry Christmas and a Bright New Year"
Mailing colorful, commercially designed greeting cards was a 20th-century American tradition. During the holidays, friends and neighbors commonly exchanged cards wishing the recipient a merry Christmas or happy New Year. Some of these Christmas cards featured illustrations that had little to do with the holiday. Designers decorated cards with flowers, butterflies, birds, or other animals--even horses--coupled with a holiday greeting and a traditional sprig of greenery.
- Christmas Greeting Postcard, Couple Riding in an Automobile, 1907-1910 -
- 1907-1910
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Christmas Greeting Postcard, Couple Riding in an Automobile, 1907-1910
- Christmas Greeting Postcard, Santa and Reindeer Dream by Sleeping Child, "Merry Christmas," 1907-1910 -
- 1907-1910
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Christmas Greeting Postcard, Santa and Reindeer Dream by Sleeping Child, "Merry Christmas," 1907-1910
- Postcard, "A Merry Christmas, Thine own Wish, Wish I Thee," 1907 - By 1907, the date of this postcard, telephones were part of everyday life in America. The artist imagined children using this invention to talk with Santa. Today, innovative children can use other inventions, such as computers, to communicate with jolly old St. Nick.
- December 22, 1907
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Postcard, "A Merry Christmas, Thine own Wish, Wish I Thee," 1907
By 1907, the date of this postcard, telephones were part of everyday life in America. The artist imagined children using this invention to talk with Santa. Today, innovative children can use other inventions, such as computers, to communicate with jolly old St. Nick.