Series 9: Christmas / New Year Accession Number: RC00688.009

Description

This series contains embroidered Christmas and New Year cards. The majority of the cards have village snow scenes and / or holly with Robins being popular image used on Christmas cards. Some cards have a religious theme. Other cards embroidered with 'happy new year' can be found in other series.

Details

Accession Number
RC00688.009
Maker
Unknown
Classification
Published Collection
Object Type
Postcard
Date Made
1914-1919
Place Made
France
Collection number
10/9/-
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Series
Item Count
115
Copyright
Copyright unknown

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