Title
Clam Shell Christmas Card
Files
Description
Card is an open clam shell with fringes. Text: A Christmas Wish." Scrapbook inscription: Leila | From Mary Cobb | Christmas, 1883. Right clam shell depicts a boy standing on a plank near a boat. The boy is holding oars and is beckoning to the girl on the left. The left side of shell depicts a girl leaning against a post on the beach. An anchor is on the ground, leaning against the post.
Publication Date
1883
Publisher
uknown
Keywords
Clam shells, Shaped cards, Fringed cards, Beach, Ocean, Seaside, Anchors, Boats, Boys, Girls, Christmas cards, Greeting Cards
Disciplines
American Material Culture | Illustration
Recommended Citation
Clam Shell Christmas Card. Scrapbook of Leila Virginia Cocke Turner (acc#88-11-88). University Archives. Wyndham Robertson Library. Hollins University. Roanoke, Virginia.
Comments
Title Supplied by cataloger. Date is an estimate.