card, Christmas
Catalog Number
2018.5.97
Dimensions
4.75 in in.
Description
Christmas card mailed to the Bos family, Rectangular Christmas card, image of white brick church, bell in steeple, red roof, arched windows, bare tree, snow covered evergreen, 3 people in doorway, family of 4 walking up sidewalk (dressed in Victorian outerwear), now covered ground, bottom trimmed in scalloped red, black/night sky, gold star with rays shooting out from star. Inside left same star image as front, 5 people caroling, red house, green house, steeple and bell tower from church, snow covered evergreens wording “In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.” John 1:4”. Inside right wording “My Christmas Prayer, May the spirit of the shining Star, Glow warm within your heart; May the joyous Christmas Time True happiness impart.” Hand signature Martin, Geraldine Boekeloo and children. Back: image of star, steeple, bell, and snow covered evergreen branch, “America’s Favorite Religious Greetings; Sunshine Line, 10-G8556-G Made in USA”.
History
Martin and Geraldine are buried in Kalamazoo, MI. Their names do not appear in the Holland city directories from 1938 through 1960.
Gift of
Bos, Brenda E.
