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card, Christmas

Catalog Number
2018.5.21
Dimensions
5 in in.
Description
Christmas card mailed to the Bos family, Manufactured: A Gibson Card, Gibson CINTI., USA-handwritten date - 1949. Front image of winter scene, bare trees, evergreens, snowy road, church steeple, barn + house. Off-white paper with back and gray colored image. “Greetings At Christmas”. Inside wording: “To wish you joy at Christmas and a New Year that is bright with happiness.” Signature - Dr. + Mrs. W. C. Kools.
History
Dr. William C. Kools was a physician in the Holland area throughout the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He lived with his wife, Sarah Jo Boven Kools (1899-1987) in Holland, MI.

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.
Gift of
Bos, Brenda E.