Sunday, August 2, 2015

Vintage Christmas Postcards from Pennsylvania!

A dear relative gave me access to a bunch of really old Postcards-- I mean from the 1900's and into the 1920's!  They are old and brittle but beautiful!  I had to scan them in and post them!  Most of these were sent to Carrie Bloss Lynde.  I can imagine really fun crafts with cards like this!  These are Christmas themed ones:

Madonna and Child with bird is postmarked 1909.

The year didn't mark on this one, but it's probably around 1910.  Looks like a ship ashore on a snowy coastline in the wreath.  It's embossed.

A joyful Christmas snow scene is embossed, and is postmarked 1910, sent from Missouri.  

Bright Be Thy Christmas is embossed, and has no date.  Printed in Germany by the International Art Publishers, New York, Berlin.

A Merry Xmas is also embossed, and undated.  Printed in Germany.


A Merry Christmas with children and their toys, and lambs in snow.  Embossed.  No date.

This snow scene has irridescent sparkles in the snowy ground and roof tops, all embossed.  Postmarked 1906.


A distant snow-covered church at dusk is the background scene of this card, dated 1908.  
A Happy Christmas with embossing has no date,  Printed in Germany.

The only Santa Claus Post Card is dated 1910.  
Tbis golden bell card is dated January 1910.  
'Best Christmas Wishes' was printed in Germany.  It's a heavily embossed card showing an inset winter scene at dusk.  

'Hearty Christmas Wishes' from mother Christmas?  A lovely woman adorned with holly and ivy and golden bells entreats us.  



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