Santa Claus with Boar's Head and Girls with Candles
Description
Santa Claus in a red suit holds up a boar's head on a platter. He is following two girls, one in white and one in green, who are carrying candles. "Merry Merry Christmas" is printed at the bottom.
Santa Claus, with holly around his hat, is holding plate on which a steaming dish of Christmas food rests. It looks like it could be a pie or bread of some kind; there is a sprig of holly on top. "A Merry Christmas" is printed beneath.
One sister wearing a nun's habit with four people in casual dress in the kitchen. They are arranging food. Large, metal dispensers can be seen behind them.
Subject
Nuns
Source
The Center for Dubuque History, Loras College, 1450 Alta Vista Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Format
Digital image captured with an Epson 12000XL scanner. TIFF file created from a negative scanned in 24 bit color at 300 ppi.
Rights
CC BY-NC-SA
Contributor
Erika Alfieri
Type
Image
Date Modified
2022 July 28
Is Part Of
Pre 1958 Photographic Negatives
Rights Holder
The Center for Dubuque History, Loras College, 1450 Alta Vista Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001
The card features three cats playing amidst bags and spilled pastel-colored candy. One white and black cat is inside a bag. The other two cats, a white and brown one and a pure-brown one, are playing. All are looking off to the right side of the card.
The card is separated by a holly leaf into two scenes. To the left, a woman in a yellow dress with her hair pinned up reads a card. To the right, a well-dressed group of two men and two women sits around a table making a joyful toast. The message at the top reads "Christmas Post Card for Drummers / 'Tho far away, my thoughts to-day / Are of you, my dear, and home: / Stern duty parts two loving hearts / And sends me forth to roam. / The season's joys for you and the boys / Your wandering hubby - alone!"