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Purple and yellow pansy flowers are pictured on a beige background. A card in the flowers reads…
Merry Christmas and happy New Year!
Purple and yellow pansy flowers are pictured on a beige background. A card in the flowers reads "pensez a moi" and a short rhyming verse is written at the bottom of the card.

Merry Christmas and happy New Year!

Dateapproximately 1877
FormatEphemera
Notes
White daisies and yellow flowers are pictured against a black background.  A large piece of birch bark offers a lighter coloured background overtop of which a short Christmas greeting is written.
Medium
Greeting cards
Dimensions7 cm x 11 cm (2 3/4 in. x 4 5/16 in.)
Language
CollectionSpecial Collections in the Arts
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object NumberSAR-GC-CHNY-S-18XX-108
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