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A pale pink background with an oval image at its centre. A snowy field with a church in the dis…
A bright and merry Christmas
A pale pink background with an oval image at its centre. A snowy field with a church in the distance is framed by bells and tree branches. A rhyming verse printed in the lower left. The card has a silk fringe.

A bright and merry Christmas

Datebetween 1800 and 1899
FormatEphemera
Notes
This is a double sided card.  Both sides consist of a pale pink background with an oval image at its centre.  Both images show people in a snowy field with a church in the distance and are framed by bells and tree branches.  However, the images differ in their details.  Each side also has its own rhyming verse.  The card has a silk fringe.
Medium
Dimensions13 cm x 18 cm (5 1/8 in. x 7 1/16 in.)
Language
CollectionSpecial Collections in the Arts
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object NumberSAR-GC-CHNY-S-18XX-283
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