A Merrie Christmas and Happy New Year

Postcard

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Chester Historical Society

A Merrie Christmas and Happy New Year: The image features a vintage Christmas greeting postcard illustrated with vibrant green holly leaves and bright red berries, accompanied by a festive message, "Wishing You A Merrie Christmas and A Happy New Year," presented in decorative, colorful typography.
A Merrie Christmas and Happy New Year

The image features a vintage Christmas greeting postcard illustrated with vibrant green holly leaves and bright red berries, accompanied by a festive message, "Wishing You A Merrie Christmas and A Happy New Year," presented in decorative, colorful typography.

Name/Title

A Merrie Christmas and Happy New Year

Entry/Object ID

chs-013693

Description

The image features a vintage Christmas greeting postcard illustrated with vibrant green holly leaves and bright red berries, accompanied by a festive message, "Wishing You A Merrie Christmas and A Happy New Year," presented in decorative, colorful typography. This image displays the back of an embossed vintage postcard from 1910, featuring handwritten messages and a green one-cent stamp, postmarked in Brooklyn, N.Y. The text on the left is a brief message from Edgar Brown, and the right side shows the recipient's name and address in Chester, Orange Co., N.Y.

Subject Person/Organization

Hawkins, George C., 1899-1976

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Chester (Town) - Orange County - New York

Collection

George Hawkins’ Scrapbook Collection

Category

Hawkins
Families

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Category

genealogical

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

Post Card

Publisher

International Art Publ. Co.

Postmark

Date and Time of Postmark

Dec. 5 12 PM 1910

Postmark Place

* Untyped Postmark Place

Brooklyn (City) - Kings County - New York

Sender

Edgar Brown

Addressee

Name

Master Geo. C. Hawkins

Transcription

Wishing You A Merrie Christmas and Happy New Year [verso] Post Card [postmark] Brooklyn, N.Y. Sta ? Dec. 5 12 PM 1910 Holly Series No.3 This Space For Writing Messages With Love From Edgar Brown. [addressed to] Master Geo. C. Hawkins Chester Orange County N.Y. This side for the Address only.

Dimensions

Height

13.6 cm

Width

8.8 cm

Create Date

August 1, 2024

Update Date

September 28, 2024