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New Year's card, depicting the old year as a white-bearded man and the new year as a young boy

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1881

GUSN

GUSN-304264

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Description

This New Year greeting card features a young boy on the front of the card and the old year as a white-bearded man on the back of the card. The interior includes a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier and a calendar for the year 1882.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chromolithography
New Year's Day
New Year cards
greeting cards

Physical Description

1 greeting card

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.05.TMP.039

Record Details

Originator

L. Prang & Co. (publisher)

Material Type

New Year cards
greeting cards

Other People

Prang, Louis, 1824-1909
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

Description Level

Item

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