A girl with curly brown hair dressed in a white dress with black dots sits at a desk. She has a picture book open and is reading it. Inset behind her figure is a circle showing her imagining Father Christmas standing next to a window in a room. Above the circle are the lighted and decorated branches of a Christmas tree. Within the circle, almost lost in the pattern, is "Merry Christmas".
Santa Claus stands behind a short wall on which two girls are seated. Between them they hold a large book, which Santa is helping them read. The girl on the right is blonde and dressed in blue; the girl on the left is brunette and dressed in yellow. To the right is a toy horse and lighted Christmas tree. "A Merry Christmas" is printed across the bottom.
The card features two children, a boy in yellow and a girl in green, who are sitting and reading from a book. Their clothes are open in the back so their behinds are bare. There are two more books to the right of the card, and the greeting at the top reads "A Little Bear Story". There is handwriting along the left and bottom of the card as well as "Dubuque Iowa" handwritten in the upper right.
A blonde girl with a red bow in her hair and red shirt is seated on the floor, reading a newspaper. There is a sprig of holly by her feet. The newspaper headline reads "A Merry Christmas to you".
Santa Claus is seated in an armchair, with two blonde-haired children in white pajamas on either side. He is reading them a book with a Christmas tree on the cover. Scattered around the armchair are toys, a cat, and a holly branch. Printed to the right is the greeting "Wishing you A Merry Christmas" and below it, "It's the jolliest day of the year because it brings us a visit from Santa Claus."
The card is very busy and colorful. It depicts the living room of a house, packed with children and toys. In the back left, Father Christmas in a hooded brown coat dumps a bag of fruit and various toys into the room; they trail down the side of the card and include apples, dolls, and a paint palette among other items. In the back right of the card is a small decorated Christmas tree on top of a table. Next to it, a mother holds a baby who is putting an ornament on a tree. In the center of the card, three children read on a large red chair, and two girls play at its foot. Printed in the bottom left are the words "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Compliments of H. N. Harbach, 807 Filbert St., Phila."
Angel Guides Singing Girls and Father Christmas Arrives
Description
The card's background depicts Father Christmas, dressed in a hooded brown coat and carrying toys and a lantern, approaching a cluster of houses. Inset into the card is another scene - it shows two girls singing or reading from a book while a blonde-haired angel in white watches over them. "Christmas Greetings" is printed at the bottom.
Father Christmas is dressed in a red coat and pointed hat. He has a doll in his arm and more toys in a satchel at his side. He is pointed to a white piece of paper he holds in his hand. There is a tree in the back right and candles around the holly frame. "Christmas Wishes" is printed at the bottom.
Santa Claus is dressed in a red coat and has his hood up. he is reading a sheet of paper, likely a letter, that he holds in his hands; on the back it reads "A Jolly Christmas To You". There is a holly decoration in the upper right corner and at the bottom there is the handwritten signature "From Auntie S."