Thomas Crane, Interior of card, Marcus Ward (1880) (all cards from the collection of Peter Wadham, courtesy Patricia Zakreski) 1880 card by Helen Cordelia Angell, probably published by Marcus Ward ...
Most people treat old holiday mail like clutter, but a surprising number of antique Christmas cards are edging into serious ...
Today, Christmas cards have their own familiar, comforting iconography: Santa Claus, candy canes, snowmen, gingerbread houses, etc. But, back in the 19th century, people were still figuring this stuff ...
The Victorians had a much more macabre approach to the festive season CHRISTMAS cards today usually feature a jolly Santa, fluffy woodland animal or green glittery tree, but Victorian versions had a ...
The Victorian Christmas Cards short play festival returns for a second year - It's the World Premiere of six new plays by Seattle-based playwrights! The tradition of sending greeting cards at ...
Echo Memories looks at how the traditions of an English Christmas have changed over the years including the huge success of Victorian greeting cards. WE celebrate a largely Victorian Christmas, and so ...
The BBC published an article about Victorian Christmas cards yesterday, tracing their history from the strange to the downright disturbing. In some, children languish in boiling teapots. Dead birds ...
When most of us think of Valentine’s Day cards, we picture saccharine-sweet greetings of “won’t you be mine,” and “roses are red, violets are blue.” But apparently, Valentine’s cards that express ...
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