Christmas Postcard from Nellie [Talogen?] to Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Holmes, 1909

Name/Title

Christmas Postcard from Nellie [Talogen?] to Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Holmes, 1909

Entry/Object ID

2025.0.7

Tags

1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 19th Century

Description

Christmas postcard by Raphael Tuck & Sons depicting an illustration of English robins, ivy and bells in the snow. “A happy Christmas” and "May the Christmas bring good cheer / To you and all you hold most dear / No cloud of care arise to chill / This time of joy and blithe goodwill" are printed below and to the left of the robins. Card is number C1813 in Tuck's "Oilette" series. The postcard, postmarked December 2[?], 1909, was sent by Nellie [Talogen?], possibly on the "Steamer Marion," from Detroit, Michigan to Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Holmes at 10653 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.

Category

Ephemera, Postcards
Archives

Acquisition

Accession

2025.0

Source or Donor

Unknown

Location

Location

Room

Elizabeth Nord Library & Archives

Building

Shaker Historical Society

Date

December 22, 2025