Name/Title
Canadian Christmas CardEntry/Object ID
2024.1007.232.1Scope and Content
Card sent to John Lamson by John Sickes (42nd Canadians) with injured man in field with buildings behind. Card cover reads:
"Are We Downhearted?
Not Likely!
It's Christmas!!"
Exterior cardboard with interior paper held together with string. Interior paper printed
"Kind Wishes"
John Lamson would likely have gotten this card in 1918, though he could have gotten it any year afterwords.Context
Battleship Texas underwent post-war refitting in New York Navy Yard from December 26, 1918, to January 31, 1919.Collection
Collection (John F. Lamson), Historical CollectionsLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
Card, HolidayNomenclature Secondary Object Term
Card, GreetingNomenclature Primary Object Term
CorrespondenceNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
circa Dec 1918