Holiday Card

Dateca. 1907

Terms

Greeting Cards
Ink
Paper
Celluloid
Paint
Concord (Massachusetts)

Dimensions10.15 × 10.79 cm (4 × 4 1/4 in.)

MarkingsInk ink on front, " 'Because He lives, I shall live also.' Annie".

Credit LineGift of the Cummings Davis Society (2007)

Object number2007.025

DescriptionOn one side, a home made Easter card. Celluloid cutout of an anchor with painted decoration, "Joyful Easter", on a celluloid rectangle, attached to paper backing. Paper has letterpress: "March 31, 1907./ Sunday/ Easter." On back (used as a support) is a trade card. In letterpress: "Miss A.L. Hicks,/ CHIROPODIST./ Shampooing, Manicuring, Facial and Scalp/ Treatment./ General Massage for ladies at their homes./ Room 1, Black's Block,/ CONCORD,/ MASS." The card might be by Will Bradley, who specialized in Arts and Crafts motifs.