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!
Christmas Seals and the People Behind Them
The origin story credits Einar Holboell of Denmark and Emily P. Bissell of Delaware for the Christmas seal idea. Holboell proposed a small benevolent stamp in 1903, funds aiding tuberculous care, while Bissell helped launch the Delaware sales in 1907 and inspired nationwide Red Cross support. The program grew to raise millions and contributed to halving tuberculosis deaths by the 1930s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Einar Holboell
Emily P. Bissell
Postal Service
Postal Department
Christian IX
Holboell
Louise
Holbwell
Charlotten Zund
Copenhagen
Leigh Mitchell Hodges
Pam
National Tuberculosis Association
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Httle Delaware
Red Cross
Delaware Red Crogs
North American
Delaware
Jacob Riis
Outlook
E. A. van Valkenburg
Wanamaker’s
Washington
Jacob Ilis
Pennsylvania
National Red Cross
Roosevelt
Root
Taft
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Miss Bissell
Bissell
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