Who Were They?

Lost and forgotten photos from the past

Another small card, about the size of a baseball card. The sentiment reads as follows: A Happy Christmas Summer beauties, Autumn glories, We have seen you go! Now old Christmas Hides the blossoms With a robe of snow. May he bring the Christmas blessings In his hand today, And if sorrow Cloud thy brightness, Charm …

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  I knew I had a stash of Christmas cards….somewhere…but just tonight I finally remembered the safe place I put them! Ugh, I hate when I do that! The card above looks to date from the 1950s or early 60s with the photo printed in red and the custom bunting and text. No location or …

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  For as long as there have been Christmas cards, people have been sending them late, haha. Here’s a nice card showing stair step kids in coordinating pajamas. It appears that Mrs Smith intended to mail these before the Christmas rush but missed the opportunity due to late delivery, and just wrote over the Christmas …

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  I love this one! The little girl was really upset, wasn’t she? These candid moments remind us that we are all fallible, don’t they. The card was imprinted Season’s Greetings, then written underneath was “From the Ehrenbergs.” The family was identified as Roberta, Ellen Louise crying, and Scott the baby. I do wish Dad’s …

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