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- "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year," 1952 - Saul Steinberg (1914-1999), a Romanian-born US immigrant, had a multifaceted artistic career, exhibiting his works in museums and galleries nationally and internationally. He is best remembered for his humorous, whimsical line drawings created for the New Yorker magazine over more than six decades beginning in the 1940s. Steinberg was equally adept at design, producing advertisements and designing textiles and Christmas cards.
- 1952
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"Merry Christmas and Happy New Year," 1952
Saul Steinberg (1914-1999), a Romanian-born US immigrant, had a multifaceted artistic career, exhibiting his works in museums and galleries nationally and internationally. He is best remembered for his humorous, whimsical line drawings created for the New Yorker magazine over more than six decades beginning in the 1940s. Steinberg was equally adept at design, producing advertisements and designing textiles and Christmas cards.
- "Season's Greetings," 1953 - Doris Lee (1904-1983) painted scenes from everyday American life. Her later works incorporated flattened shapes and simplified forms inspired by her interest in and collections of American folk art. Associated American Artists, an organization that made fine art prints available to the public at a reasonable price, contracted with Hallmark to create this Christmas card of Lee's work.
- 1953
- Collections - Artifact
"Season's Greetings," 1953
Doris Lee (1904-1983) painted scenes from everyday American life. Her later works incorporated flattened shapes and simplified forms inspired by her interest in and collections of American folk art. Associated American Artists, an organization that made fine art prints available to the public at a reasonable price, contracted with Hallmark to create this Christmas card of Lee's work.
- Birthday Card from John Weeks to Henry Ford, 1939 - Friends and well-wishers throughout the country sent birthday greetings to the Henry Ford each July 30th. Many sent telegrams, some mailed cards and still others created special gifts or keepsakes for the famous automaker.
- July 30, 1939
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Birthday Card from John Weeks to Henry Ford, 1939
Friends and well-wishers throughout the country sent birthday greetings to the Henry Ford each July 30th. Many sent telegrams, some mailed cards and still others created special gifts or keepsakes for the famous automaker.
- Greeting Card, "Season's Greetings from Walt Disney & Staff," 1943-1944 - Walt Disney and Walt Disney Productions created yearly Christmas cards to send to friends and close business associates. Beginning in 1943 and for decades after, these cards featured a calendar of the upcoming year along with familiar characters and images promoting new film releases and projects. Henry and Clara Ford received cards from Disney during the 1940s.
- 1943-1944
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Greeting Card, "Season's Greetings from Walt Disney & Staff," 1943-1944
Walt Disney and Walt Disney Productions created yearly Christmas cards to send to friends and close business associates. Beginning in 1943 and for decades after, these cards featured a calendar of the upcoming year along with familiar characters and images promoting new film releases and projects. Henry and Clara Ford received cards from Disney during the 1940s.
- "With Best Wishes for a Happy Holiday Season," 1952 - Saul Steinberg (1914-1999), a Romanian-born US immigrant, had a multifaceted artistic career, exhibiting his works in museums and galleries nationally and internationally. He is best remembered for his humorous, whimsical line drawings created for the New Yorker magazine over more than six decades beginning in the 1940s. Steinberg was equally adept at design, producing advertisements and designing textiles and Christmas cards.
- 1952
- Collections - Artifact
"With Best Wishes for a Happy Holiday Season," 1952
Saul Steinberg (1914-1999), a Romanian-born US immigrant, had a multifaceted artistic career, exhibiting his works in museums and galleries nationally and internationally. He is best remembered for his humorous, whimsical line drawings created for the New Yorker magazine over more than six decades beginning in the 1940s. Steinberg was equally adept at design, producing advertisements and designing textiles and Christmas cards.
- Christmas Card, "With Many Good Wishes for the Holidays and Coming Year," 1949 - 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.
- 1949
- Collections - Artifact
Christmas Card, "With Many Good Wishes for the Holidays and Coming Year," 1949
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.