“Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Mrs. R. Behrle.” Addressed to: “Mrs. Main, 253 14th St, San Francisco, Cal.” Another in the Ethel Main Collection, and a beauty – holly and berries on a background of…Read More…
Category: Christmas
Christmas Greetings, Period
I find it amusing that the phrase “Christmas Greetings.” was printed with a period at the end – hence the title of this post. This card was printed in Germany and has a coat of arms logo on the back…Read More…
Chase Each Shadow Cold
Christmas card, circa 1890s. Price: $4.00. Size: 5 and 1/2 x 4 and 1/4. “May this joyous Christmas Day Chase each shadow cold away.” A Christmas card on heavier stock, done in brown tones, of a quaint stone church in…Read More…
A Buzza Company Christmas Card
“A Happy Christmas Day I hope you find this Christmas Day The best you ever spent; I hope it dawns with happiness And closes with content.” Signed, “Sis. Margaret.” A beautiful Buzza Company Christmas card of candles and holly done…Read More…
Good Morning Everybody, It’s Christmas
“Good Morning Everybody, Its Christmas – And I Wish You Happiness.” A perfect card for our Christmas morning, 2015. It shows an illustration of an 19th-Century gentleman doffing his top hat to salute all and sundry this Christmas morn. He…Read More…
L. Prang & Co. Christmas Card
“May Christmas fill thy heart with gladness!” For anyone tired of the cold and snow, here’s a beautiful bouquet of pink roses and a summery nature scene on an artist’s palette. The little moon-shaped tableau shows a woman in the…Read More…
All Good Wishes For Christmas
“All Good Wishes for Christmas.” Here’s a total charmer: A winter-y woodsy scene of two deer who’ve come visiting for Christmas. The first to arrive at the gated entrance is pulling the chain to ring the bell; the second was…Read More…
The Old Live Oak, Wilmington, NC
“From Lucylle Cale. Camden, N. J.” Lucy/Lucille/Lucylle Cale and Cole was researched, and though there are both Cales and Coles in Camden, only Lucy Cole shows up in a 1943 Camden city directory. I’ve had this postcard for a couple…Read More…
Wish I Had A Sleigh Ride
Xmas Greetings…. “Merry Xmas. Wish I had a sleighride. No such snow out here. They don’t know what a bob sled is. Am feeling fine now. Am looking for a letter too. A.W. 1222 N. Cascade Ave.” Was that “Am…Read More…
Xmas 1912
“Xmas 1912 – Very best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year.” What doesn’t jive with this postcard? This is an Undivided Back card, the era for which ran officially from December 24, 1901 to March 1, 1907, as…Read More…