We don’t much send New Year greetings anymore. I suspect the proximity of Christmas to New Year’s dampens the desire to address cards and write letters. In our modern society, sending Christmas cards is almost a rarity anymore. Younger generations find them wasteful, Gen Xers want to send them but instead deal with the guilt …
A pretty card decorated with pine boughs, holly and pinecones frames a pastoral scene of a house with snow. The card announces Merry Christmas Mailed in 1912 by Charles Chodl, the card made its way from Milwaukee, WI to Miss Anna Chodl in Chicago, IL.
This postcard is quite lovely. It features a mother and child, reminiscent of the Madonna and Jesus. Holly leaves and berries grace the right hand side, and the greeting reads A Holy Happy Christmas It was sent from Olga & Mabel to Anna Chodl on December 24, 1907. The card back reads Had a fun …
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?) …
I rather like this sentimental greeting with the old fashioned bonnet and muff worn by the subject – even for the 1910s it was an old fashioned look. The greeting reads A Merry Christmas to You and a Happy New Year Mrs Michael
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