card, Christmas
Catalog Number
2018.5.5Materials
paperDimensions
4.25 in. in.Description
Christmas card mailed to the Bos family, - image of cartoon like drawing of blond haired lady in blue dress + black heels - unwrapped box, wreath, and spool of red ribbon - “I’m all tied up with a Christmas wish, I’m al tangled up AND HOW”, inside “But the darn old thing is meant for you, So I’m Bustin’ Loose with it now! A Merry Christmas to you!” Signature Charles + Ethel Hess, card - G. E. 0-7C832, made in USA.History
Charles Hess (1877-1951) and his second wife Ethel Wright Hess lived in Holland, MI at 169 East 8th Street. Charles worked as a conductor for the Pere marquette Railroad.The Bos family consisted of the donor, Brenda, and her parents Berend (1906-1981) and Grace (1913-1984). They lived in Holland, MI at 259 West 23rd Street.
Berend worked at the French Pastry Shoppe and Dutch Boy Bakery.