Christmas Card, "Merry Christmas," 1944

Summary

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

1944

Place of Creation

United States 

Collection Title

Greeting Card Collection 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

84.9.1.2394

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Dorothy Guimaraes.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Colored ink
Foil (Metal)

Technique

Tinting
Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 6 in

Width: 4.375 in

Inscriptions

on front: Merry Christmas

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