[A homemade Christmas card featuring a picture of sender Ralph Ferris, a compass, a triangular protractor, falling leaves, and a tall candle emitting rays of light]

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Title: [A homemade Christmas card featuring a picture of sender Ralph Ferris, a compass, a triangular protractor, falling leaves, and a tall candle emitting rays of light]
Date: 1937 December 23
Notes: Ralph L. Ferris NS to George O. Bird, December 23, 1937. East Pittsburgh, Pa., page 1. From a collection made up of correspondence, documents, ephemera, and other materials related to members of the Bird family of East Smithfield, Pennsylvania.
Names and Subjects: Candles and lights--1930-1940.; Candlesticks--1930-1940.; Christmas cards--1930-1940.; Compasses (Mathematical instruments); Leaves--1930-1940.; Leaves--Pictorial works.; Leaves in art.; Men, White.; Men--1930-1940.; Men--Pictorial works.; Men in art.; Photographs--1930-1940.; Protractors.; Manuscripts shelf.
Genre: Christmas cards.; Printed ephemera.
Collection Title: Bird family papers
Collection Creator: Bird family
Project Name: Illustrated Manuscripts Project
ID: 6269
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2018-09-05 11:30:15

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Image Size: 3072 x 5764
File Size: 922 KB
Record: 6269
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