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First Christmas Cards Through the Ages and Merchants
A brief history traces Christmas greetings from 1450 Rhine Valley woodcuts to Sir Henry Cole and the first mass produced cards in Britain. It notes Louis Prang as the American father of the Christmas card and cites the 1953 Albany merchant R J Pease as producing the first American card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhine Valley
Germany
Alexandria
Sir Henry Cole
John Horsley
Cole
Oldsters
United States
Louis Prang
Boston
Prang
America
R. J. Pease
Albany, N. Y