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Kind Wishes Christmas Card

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A small booklet with a pale blue cover embossed with a plaque reading "Kind Wishes. The text is in gold and is surrounded by a red border. Behind this is a sprig of holly, which is also embossed and colored in green and red. The booklet is bound with a pink ribbon. The first page features a drawing of a church building surrounded by holly and printed in pale green ink. The second page features a drawing of two pansies and text in pale green ink, which reads "Three things I wish you - boons beyond all question, Sound health, good appetite, and quick digestion. - E.E.G. A jolly Christmas may yours be and many merry meetings." Handwritten in the To: field is "Mr. and Mrs. Barnaby." Handwritten in the From: field is "Bernie and Tommie." The third page features a black and white photograph of a pastoral scene, with a man leading a flock of sheep down a path away from a farmhouse surrounded by trees. The final page features a drawing of a small house and five pansies, in pale green ink.

~ “Kind Wishes Christmas Card,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/3762.

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Title

Kind Wishes Christmas Card

Description

A small booklet with a pale blue cover embossed with a plaque reading "Kind Wishes. The text is in gold and is surrounded by a red border. Behind this is a sprig of holly, which is also embossed and colored in green and red. The booklet is bound with a pink ribbon. The first page features a drawing of a church building surrounded by holly and printed in pale green ink. The second page features a drawing of two pansies and text in pale green ink, which reads "Three things I wish you - boons beyond all question, Sound health, good appetite, and quick digestion. - E.E.G. A jolly Christmas may yours be and many merry meetings." Handwritten in the To: field is "Mr. and Mrs. Barnaby." Handwritten in the From: field is "Bernie and Tommie." The third page features a black and white photograph of a pastoral scene, with a man leading a flock of sheep down a path away from a farmhouse surrounded by trees. The final page features a drawing of a small house and five pansies, in pale green ink.

Source

Henry Clay Barnabee Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections

Format

JPG derived from TIF

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1995.1.IX.051