Woman Reads Message and Other Group Parties
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
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!"
Raymond Roseliep Collection. Finding aids for the collection can be found at <a href="http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep"> http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep</a>
Date postcard was scanned:20170501
Bernhard, Hannah
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Box 4, Tab 14
Three Cats and Candy
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
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.
Raymond Roseliep Collection. Finding aids for the collection can be found at <a href="http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep"> http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep</a>
Date postcard was scanned:20170420
Bernhard, Hannah
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Box 4, Tab 2
St. Nicholas Holding Apples
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
St. Nicholas
St. Nicholas is holding apples on a bible and wearing a white and red robe. He has a crown on.
Raymond Roseliep Collection. Finding aids for the collection can be found at <a href="http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep"> http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep</a>
Date postcard was scanned: 20170420
O'Donnell, Kristen
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Box 1 , Tab 1
Sisters of St. Francis 8
Nuns
Three sisters wearing nun's habits standing in a kitchen. One is smiling.
Unknown
The Center for Dubuque History, Loras College, 1450 Alta Vista Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Erika Alfieri
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Sisters of St. Francis 7
Nuns
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.
Unknown
The Center for Dubuque History, Loras College, 1450 Alta Vista Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Erika Alfieri
CC BY-NC-SA
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Santa Claus with Christmas Dish
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
Santa Claus
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.
Raymond Roseliep Collection. Finding aids for the collection can be found at <a href="http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep"> http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep</a>
Date postcard was scanned:20170502
Bernhard, Hannah
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Box 7, Tab 4
Santa Claus with Boar's Head and Girls with Candles
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
Santa Claus
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.
Raymond Roseliep Collection. Finding aids for the collection can be found at <a href="http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep"> http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep</a>
Date postcard was scanned:20170423
Bernhard, Hannah
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Box 6, Tab 8
Santa Claus Toasting and Eating Soup
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
Santa Claus
Santa Claus is seated at a silver table. In one hand he raises a glass in a toast, and in the other he is lifting a spoon from a bowl of soup to his mouth. "A Merry Christmas" is printed at the top with this poem to the right: "Cast dull care away, / For here's to Xmas day. / Join the festive bowl, / And be a jolly soul."
Raymond Roseliep Collection. Finding aids for the collection can be found at <a href="http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep"> http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep</a>
Date postcard was scanned:20170502
Bernhard, Hannah
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Box 7, Tab 7
Santa Claus Smoking and Carrying Christmas Dish
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
Santa Claus
Santa Claus is standing in the center of the card, bordered by holly, with one boot raised off the ground. The holds a smoking pipe in one hand and a Christmas dish in the other; it could be a pie or type of bread, and has flames rising from the bottom and a holly sprig on top. It's captioned "His Busy Day" and reads "A Merry Christmas" at the bottom.
Raymond Roseliep Collection. Finding aids for the collection can be found at <a href="http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep"> http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep</a>
Date postcard was scanned:20170502
Bernhard, Hannah
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Box 7, Tab 5
Santa Claus Sleeps
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
Santa Claus
Santa Claus is finely dressed in a long red cloak and silk shirt and pants. He is sleeping in a wooden chair next to a burning fireplace. Above the fire a turkey or chicken roasts. On the floor are sprigs of holly and evergreen and an empty bag. The bottom print reads "I was dreaming about you / Merry Christmas."
Raymond Roseliep Collection. Finding aids for the collection can be found at <a href="http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep"> http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep</a>
Date postcard was scanned:20170419
Bernhard, Hannah
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Box 3, Tab 7