That does not look like a safe place for a child to sit! Today’s lovely Christmas card features a child in blue sitting on a lighted chandelier with ribbons and balsam. Call me a helicopter parent, but that just seems like a very bad combination of things lol. The card was possibly mailed in 1914, …
A simple holly wreath adorns this holiday greeting. The text reads With Kind Thoughts And Good Wishes for Christmas and the Coming Year Downer Place Garage Co A. C. Berthold, Manager I found a Downer Place in Aurora, IL, and also found this particular company referenced a couple times in old documents. Automobile Topics (magazine?) …
A window with a branch of festive holly declares “A Happy Christmas” and the sentiment: May Health and Happiness unite To make thy Christmas truly bright Mailed in 1914 from Boston to Anna Chodl, the card carries a kind note signed by Brother Chas.
Dated 1912, here’s a postcard sent to Anna Chodl in Chicago, sending “Christmas Greetings.” I wasn’t quite sure what the object on the front of the card was supposed to be. Is it a horse’s harness? A wreath hanger? Whatever it is was decked with holly and balsam.
This particular card features a lovely poinsettia bouquet, tied with an actual ribbon. The greeting came from the Fritsch Art Gallery in Owatanna, MN. It could be a complete coincidence, but there is an artist named Katherine Fritsch who has a sculpture placed in Owatanna – a giant blue rooster. Giant Blue Rooster Sculpture in …
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