Card, Holiday: The Homestead, Christmas Card and Envelope

Name/Title

Card, Holiday: "The Homestead", Christmas Card and Envelope

Entry/Object ID

001.10.19a

Description

A Christmas and New Year "The Homestead" greeting card. On the front is a colour illustration of a winter scene with two horses pulling a man on a sled filled with logs, adjacent to a snowy log cabin. The card is printed on card stock paper that has been folded into a card. Inside of the card there is a printed drawing entitled: "The Homestead" with a text description below an illustration depicting a group in a sleigh pulled by a horse. The back of the card features a company logo at the bottom centre in the shape of a diamond. This reads "Diamond Line, Made in U.S.A. Trademark, Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. 25x912" There are no handwritten annotations. The accompanying envelope is cream colored. It is blank and has no annotations

Context

This object is representative of the cultural customs, values, and holidays observed by residents of Goulbourn in the past.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Card, Holiday

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Card, Greeting

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Christmas, Holidays, New Years, Homestead, Correspondence, Diamond Line

Dimensions

Height

13.5 cm

Width

16.5 cm

Dimension Notes

2022-01-14 Card measurements- measured while closed

Height

14.2 cm

Width

16.8 cm

Dimension Notes

Envelope