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Gertrude Lagerstrom, Chicago, Ill. christmas card to Kathleen Blackshear, 18 Dec. 1955

Physical Details: Christmas card : 1 folded sheet : handwritten, ill. ; 18 x 13 cm.

Sender: Gertrude Lagerstrom (Chicago, Ill.)

Recipient: Kathleen Blackshear (1897-1988)

Description: Recto features a cut-out window showing a girl with two deer in silhouette, cut from a page of a magazine. Verso features a brief note from Gertrude Lagerstrom to Kathleen Blackshear, urging her to view the Christmas display in the American Airlines window at Wabash Ave.

Forms part of: Kathleen Blackshear and Ethel Spears papers, 1920-1990

Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined

Citation: Gertrude Lagerstrom, Chicago, Ill. christmas card to Kathleen Blackshear, 18 Dec. 1955. Kathleen Blackshear and Ethel Spears papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Digital ID: 11320

Subjects:

  • Holidays
  • Silhouettes

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