Boy Gives Girl Piggyback Ride
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
The card, displayed horizontally, features a blonde-haired boy giving a girl a piggyback ride on the right side of the card. They are accompanied by three white geese. The background features a water scene with two ships.
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 7
Boy Gives Younger Girl a Present
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
The card's colors are predominantely silver and gold. A girl in white sits in a wicker chair. On the floor in front of her, a boy in gray is kneeling on one knee and presenting her with a white package. The room in the background is lavishly decorated with gold trim and an ornate Christmas tree. "May Christmas Joys be Yours" 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:20170501
Bernhard, Hannah
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Box 4, Tab 14
Cartoon Boy Chooses Between Two Girls
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
The card, drawn in a cartoon-like style, depicts three people. To the left, a brown-haired girl in a striped dress is accepting something from a blonde boy dressed in brown. To the right, a blonde girl in a polka dot dress sits on a stool with a look of shock and hurt on her face. Behind them is a window showing the countryside. "Man, fickle man" 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:20170501
Bernhard, Hannah
The Loras College Library rights statement is located at <a href="http://libguides.loras.edu/special/rights">http://libguides.loras.edu/special/rights</a>
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Box 4, Tab 8
Child Listens to Santa Claus on Telephone
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
Santa Claus
Santa Claus is on the left side of the card and a girl on the right, separated by a blank space with the greeting. It reads: "Hello! Little One: I am coming to see you Christmas Eve. So go to bed early, after hanging up your stocking. Yours truly, Santa Claus". Santa is dressed in a blue coat with red sash, talking into the telephone receiver. The little red-haired girl is dressed in a white gown and has the phone up next to her ear on the opposite 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:20170422
Bernhard, Hannah
The Loras College Library rights statement is located at <a href="http://libguides.loras.edu/special/rights">http://libguides.loras.edu/special/rights</a>
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Box 6, Tab 3
Child Points at Father Christmas
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
Father Christmas
Inside a room, a girl in pink leans against her mother, dressed in white, while pointing toward Father Christmas at the window. Father Christmas looks in at them while dropping toys into the room. The scene is surrounded by a poinsettia decoration and the bottom reads "Christmas Greetings Kind and True."
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:20170424
Bernhard, Hannah
The Loras College Library rights statement is located at <a href="http://libguides.loras.edu/special/rights">http://libguides.loras.edu/special/rights</a>
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Box 6, Tab 12
Child praying to St. Nicholas for food
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
St. Nicholas
A child is praying to St. Nicholas for some fruit. This card is very blue.
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: 20170424
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Box 1 , Tab 2
Child Sleeps and Santa Claus Flys Overhead
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
Santa Claus
In the bottom right corner, a girl is sleeping in a silk bed. To the left there is a decorated and lighted Chrsitmas tree. However, the main part of the card depicts Santa Claus flying overhead, across the moon, in a sleigh pulled by four reindeer. "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:20170422
Bernhard, Hannah
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Box 6, Tab 1
Children Build Father Christmas Snowman
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
Father Christmas
The card's main scene, which is in black and white, depicts two children building a snowman that looks like Father Christmas. The boy is shoveling snow while the girl puts a garland of holly around the snowman's neck. There are evergreen trees and a house in the background. The decorations around the scene include a cream and gold border with holly at the top. It reads "A 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:20170425
Bernhard, Hannah
The Loras College Library rights statement is located at <a href="http://libguides.loras.edu/special/rights">http://libguides.loras.edu/special/rights</a>
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Box 6, Tab 18
Children Grasp at Father Christmas
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
Father Christmas
Father Christmas is dressed in a long tan coat and wears a blue hat with a string of beads around it. To the left of the card he holds a staff that looks like a decorated lyre; he has a small mallet in his other hand. Not standing higher than his waist, two children - a boy and a girl - tug at him, asking for toys. The boy holds a book and is dressed in blue, while the girl is in red and white. Next to them is a basket of toys with a jester doll propped up against it. "A Merry Christmas" is printed in the bottom right, and there is a pine cone and evergreen decoration stretching across the left side and top 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:20170425
Bernhard, Hannah
The Loras College Library rights statement is located at <a href="http://libguides.loras.edu/special/rights">http://libguides.loras.edu/special/rights</a>
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Box 6, Tab 16
Children in Snow with Umbrella
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
A girl in a yellow coat and pink dress and a boy in a blue and white outfit stand amidst the snow, The boy holds a basket of wrapped presents while the girl carries two horseshoes and a black umbrella held over their heads. The rest of the card's colors are washed out; it appears they stand on the snowy bank of a stream, and across it is a house. Printed along the bottom is "Christmas Greetings."
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
The Loras College Library rights statement is located at <a href="http://libguides.loras.edu/special/rights">http://libguides.loras.edu/special/rights</a>
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Box 4, Tab 8