New Year's card, depicting a calla lily, 1876

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1876

Location Note

Ephemera: Greeting Cards: New Year

GUSN

GUSN-195376

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Description

This New Year greeting card features a calla lily on the cover. The inscription reads: "Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, allelulia." The verse matches the text of Zechariah 9:9 and Matthew 21:4.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chromolithography
New Year's Day
New Year cards
greeting cards

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000511
AccessID 718
Other identifier HNEDID-000511

Physical Descrption

1 greeting card

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.05.TMP.009

Date Notes

Copyright date: 1876.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

L. Prang & Co. (publisher)

Material Type

New Year cards
greeting cards

Other People

Prang, Louis, 1824-1909

Subjects

calla lilies

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Ephemera: Greeting Cards: New Year

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