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First Disdained Greeting Cards Reach Billion Dollar Burden
A historical look shows Christmas cards rising from a 1842 London start to an annual U S mail slump with over 1 5 billion cards sent yearly. It traces early designers William Egley and Sir Henry Cole to Louis Pang and Prang, noting post office anticipation of a record holiday rush. Arthur Brookhart of Boise City won a calf sale prize at Guymon.
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William May Egley
Servin
England
Don Chadley
Patton
Steamboat
London
Egley
William Egley
Sir Henry Cole
J. c. Horsely
Sir Henry
Charles Goodall & Sons
Prince Albert
Queen Victoria
Charles Dickens
United States
R. H Pease
Albany
Pease
Louis Pang
Boston
Pang
Prang
Arthur Brookhart
Boise City
Guymon