Name/Title
"A Joyful Christmas" PostcardEntry/Object ID
E2016.24.9Scope and Content
A Christmas postcard, dated December 24, 1927. The card is 3.5" x 5.5", white, with a color illustration of a steapled church in winter scenery surrounded by holly and pine cones featured in the center front. A white banner with the cursive, red text "A Joyful Christmas" is presented just below the illustration. The messages "'Peace and Goodwill toward Men'" and "It's a message for all of us to live by" are printed in black cursive text to the left and at the bottom.
The reverse side has an ink post office stamp, as well as the original postage stamp. A message of Christmas greetings is handwritten in blue ink from a Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman in Chappell, Nebraska to a Mr. and Mrs. Ole B. Christensen in Curley, Nebraska.Collection
Education CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PostcardNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing MediaNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Christmas cards, Post cardsSearch Terms
ChristmasArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1927 - 1927Archive Size/Extent
One of fifteen postcards in a legal size file folderArchive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1927 December 24
Date(s): 1927/12/24
