Father Christmas Enters Gated House
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
Father Christmas
Father Christmas is burdened with a tan bag on his back. His coat and hat are burgundy with white trim and embroidery. He is standing outside a snow-covered bronze fence, behind which there is a bare-branched tree and a large house, pulling the bell pull. On the ground in front of him is an evergreen tree. "A Merry Christmas" is printed along 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: 20170419
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 2, Tab 4
Father Christmas Leans on Fence
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
Father Christmas
Father Christmas is dressed in a brown coat and hat, shown torso up. He is leaning against a white board fence. His left hand dangles over the fence and holds a holly branch. His right hand rests on a fence-post and holds a small decorated Christmas tree. Behind him in the back right is a village. The card is edged in holly leaves and berries. "A Merry Christmas" is almost lost in the holly branch along 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: 20170419
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 2, Tab 7
Father Christmas with Toys by Fence
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
Father Christmas
Father Christmas is shown torso up behind a snow-capped white fence. He is wearing a brown fur coat and hat. Over his left shoulder he carries a patched sack full of toys like a drum and doll. Behind him to the left is a snow-covered cluster of houses. The card is bordered by holly leaves and berries and a garland of holly winds around the fence. "A Merry Christmas" at the bottom is almost lost in the pattern.
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
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 2, Tab 7
Father Christmas Peers Through Window
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
Father Christmas
Father Christmas is dressed in a long red hooded robe, carrying a bag of toys over his shoulder. He is peering in a small, paned, lighted window. At the forefront of the card is a wooden fence; behind it is an evergreen tree, Father Christmas, and the window of the house. In the background is a silhouette of a village and church. "Frohliche Weihnachten!" is almost lost where it is written along the brushy grasses 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: 20170419
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 2, Tab 8
Father Christmas Looks to House
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
Father Christmas
Father Christmas is dressed in a heavy red hooded overcoat and black boots. He leans on a black walking stick with his left hand and carries a tree over his right shoulder as well as a bag on his back. In the background, behind a black wrought-iron fence, is a brown house with a snowy roof and lighted front window. There is also a bare-branched tree to the left of the house; the sky behind the scene is a dark blue. "A Merry Christmas" is printed across the bottom 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: 20170419
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 2, Tab 8
Father Christmas and Reindeer
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
Father Christmas
In the foreground are two white reindeer with large antlers and red-and-evergreen tack. Behind them, Father Christmas in a brown hooded robe with a bag of toys shines a light on a gate in a fence. The fence is tall, with the metal and columns well over his head. In the back left of the card, a snowy street with streetlights and buildings extends into the distance. "Merry Christmas!" is printed along the bottom 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: 20170419
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 2, Tab 8
Women Gossiping Across Fence and Poem
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
The card features a scene on the left and poem on the right. Pictured are two women. One in green with a white cap and glasses is standing at a wooden fence talking to the woman across it, who has her mouth open and is wearing a reddish cap. Behind them are two houses in the distance. The poem reads "Don't talk about your neighbors! If your tongue needs exercise chew gum." There is handwriting all over the blank spaces 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
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 1
Birthday Card with Girl Watching Cats
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
The card features a two cats, a tabby and a white, playing with a yellow ribbon on the ground. Behind them, a girl in a blue dress and pink flower crown sits on the wooden fence and watches them. There are trees in the background and "Birthday Greetings" printed at the top.
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
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 2
Two Large-Eyed Cats
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
Two brown and white cats with bows around their necks are leaning into each other and against a wooden fence. They have very large eyes and their mouths are open, showing their red tongues. There is a cartoon-style set of trees or bushes in the background.
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
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 2
Two Children in Field
Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection
Roseliep, Raymond
Christmas Postcards
The card, which is blurry, features two children in the middle of a green field. The girl is older and the boy holds her hand; both are blonde and dressed in white and blue. They are looking upwards at a black bird perched on a green fence. "Easter Greetigns" is printed at the bottom along with a picture of a rabbit and a chicken on the left and right.
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
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 3