Thunderbird Christmas Card

Object/Artifact

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Oklahoma National Guard Museum

Name/Title

Thunderbird Christmas Card

Description

Christmas card showing a soldier in a destroyed house next to a fireplace clutching his rifle. "Merry Christmas- Jim" is written in the lower right corner

Made/Created

Date made

Dec 1944

Time Period

20th Century, World War Two

Place

Country

France

Region

Western Europe

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

Dear Folks: I really mean what this card says. It isn't much for a son to send to his Mom and Daddy. But, I know you'll [illegible] that deep down in my heart is something which no Christmas card or gift could show. Your Loving Son, Frankie

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

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Soldiers, Fireplaces, War destruction & pillage, Bomb damage, Rifles

Dimensions

Width

3-1/2 in

Length

5-1/2 in