Christmas Card, "The Mill with Winter's Mantle," 1934
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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.
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.
Artifact
Christmas card
Date Made
1934
Place of Creation
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.9.1.2007
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Dorothy Guimaraes.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gilding (Technique)
Tinting
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 4.313 in
Width: 5 in
Inscriptions
on front: Christmas Greetings "The Mill with Winter's Mantle"
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