This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Timeline of Christmas Cards from 1450 to Prang boom
A compact history of holiday greetings tracing the 1450 Rhine valley woodcut, Sir Henry Cole’s 1843 mass produced card, early unfolded pasteboards, and Louis Prang’s chromolithography spark that popularized Christmas cards in America. It notes the first American card by R J Pease in 1853 and Egypt’s mention of tame horses before 1900 B C.
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Rhine Valley
Germany
Sir Henry Cole
John Horsley
Cole
U. S
Louis Prang
Boston
Prang
Europe
Bavaria
America
R. J. Pease
Albany, N. Y