A Merry Christmas Postcard

Name/Title

"A Merry Christmas" Postcard

Entry/Object ID

E2016.24.10

Scope and Content

A Christmas postcard, dated December 25, 1928. The card is 3.5" x 5.5", light brown or faded white. with a color illustration of red poinsettia flowers against a dark circle design along the left front edge. Stylized, black text, "A Merry Christmas", is featured in the center. A message is printed in black text below the main text, stating: "Some folks will walk right in today And greet you as they should; But, though we're very far away, our wish is just as good." The reverse side reveals in handwritten text in black ink that the card was sent from an "Uncle Joe, Aunt Jennie and cousins" to a Mary Olson in Rialto, California.

Collection

Education Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Christmas cards, Post cards

Search Terms

Christmas

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1928 - 1928

Archive Size/Extent

One of fifteen postcards in a legal size file folder

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1928 December 25 Date(s): 1928/12/25