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• 1946
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Christmas Card, "Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year!," 1946

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 31, 1999
• Collections - Artifact

New Year's Eve Party, December 31, 1999

• January 01, 1885
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Replica Dance Card for the 1885 New Year's Ball at Martindale House Inn

Young people living in the vicinity of the Martindale House, a hotel run by George Martindale in rural Greenfield Township, Wayne County, Michigan, gathered in the hotel's large ballroom to enjoy dancing to quadrilles, reels, and schottisches. Albert Race played the dulcimer, as he called off the dance steps. This dance card is from the night Henry Ford met his wife, Clara Bryant.

• January 01, 1958
• Collections - Artifact

Ian Howard with Sunday School Teacher Virginia Dorr, New Year's Day, 1958

• 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.

• 1954
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"A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year," 1954

Robert Chesley Osborn (1904-1994) was a cartoonist, illustrator, and author. He enlisted in the Navy during World War II and created the military misfit, Dilbert, who always violated safety rules. His satirical political cartoons -- found on the pages of LIFE, Fortune, Look, and other national magazines -- featured Presidents and members of Congress. Osborn also designed humorous Christmas cards like this one.

• January 01, 1969
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Crowd Gathered in Times Square to Celebrate the New Year, January 1, 1969

• 1925-1935
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Christmas Card from 1925-1935, "Merry Christmas to You! And a Happy New Year."

Mailing colorful, commercially designed greeting cards had become an American tradition by the 1920s and 1930s. During the holidays, friends and neighbors commonly exchanged cards wishing one another a Merry Christmas or Happy New Year. Publishers sometimes decorated these cards with nostalgic images of traditional seasonal visitors, such as pipers or carolers.

• January 01, 1924
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Ford News, January 1, 1924

Ford Motor Company published Ford News from 1920 to 1942. The magazine informed readers about the automaker's activities. Henry Ford purchased the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad in 1920, and he built a 15-mile branch from DT&I's mainline at Flat Rock, Michigan, to Ford's Rouge plant in 1923. Ford News celebrated the new branch that "speeds Rouge freight."

• 1910-1915
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"May the New Year Find Your Field Green with the Promise of a Harvest of All Good," 1910-1915