[McClung Museum] [Object of the Month]

        VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS CARD

        (December 1998)

        [Christmas Card]
        VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS CARD.
        (104K)

        DESCRIPTION

        Tan, tufted silk satin. "Merry Christmas" metal cut-out on front over ribbed silk with pink and purple floral motif. Inside lined with wine-colored satin.

        Interior message reads:

        Christmas Wish

        May health and joy and peace be thine,
        Upon this Christmas day
        And happy faces round thee shine,
        As plenteous as the flowers in May.

        This card was sent to Miss Florence Murphey from her cousin, Kemp Murphey, of Mountain City, Tennessee. Card in pocket reads: "December 25, 1883 from Kemp."

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