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card, Christmas

Catalog Number
2018.5.42
Dimensions
7 in. in.
Description
Christmas card mailed to the Bos family, Front cover -light blue border, colorful winter scene, glitter/snow covered ground, red barn, silo, yellow two storied house, bare birch trees, snow covered pines, red berries on bush, stone bridge over stream, horse pulled red sleigh carrying 2 people, two children with sleds in background waving. Back cover plain off white with “25 x 941”. Inside plain off white - “With warm and friendly wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year” had signed by “The Arnolds’; Willis and Edith”.
History
Willis (1908-1972) and Edith (1911-1944) Arnold lived at 165 Dunton Ave in Holland, MI. Willis worked as a baker at the Dutch Boy Bakery in the late 1940s through the early 1950s. He laater worked as a security guard for Chris-Craft. Both are buried in Holland's Pilgrim Home Cemetery.

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.