Thursday, June 24, 2010

Christmas in June -- Vintage Holiday Postcards 1909 - 1940's

These beautiful vintage postcards are a glimpse of Christmas past.   The card below is linen, and unused.  I would date it as 1930's to 1940's.  It's by C.T. & Co., and it depicts Santa Claus waving as he stands on top of the world globe.  Beautiful and unusual imagery! 


This card is embossed and from 1909.  It has a tan shadow at two edges, but I love the simple design of this card -- pastel colors and thick paper with embossed design.


This card is my personal favorite.  It's a 1930's to 1940's vintage linen card -- check out the Art Deco lettering -- showing a cute little elf family playing on an old fashioned, decorated tree.  It's another C.T. & Co. card.

2 comments:

BookCornerCafe said...

Trish,

I love Christmas anytime and these are beautiful postcards. You have a wonderful blog which I love reading.

Deb
www.bookcornercafe.com

Birdhouse Books said...

Thanks, Deb! I appreciate it. I love Christmas themed items too -- one of my favorite vintage categories.