some vintage Halloween greeting cards

All of these cards are at least 100 years old.

First Thanksgiving drawings

some Louis Prang Christmas Cards

Louis Prang published some very successful greeting cards about a hundred years ago. He ran yearly contests with large prizes and used the cards as the basis for some of his Christmas Cards. They were not simple pictures of Santa or Christmas trees but elaborate images. For more information on Prang go to Father of the American Greeting Card.

1880 CONTEST WINNER

1881 CONTEST WINNER

1882 CONTEST WINNER

1880 THIRD PRIZE WINNER

some old fashioned witches

These are images of witches from vintage greeting cards from before 1900.

some Prang greeting cards.

Louis Prang was a very successful American Lithographer who created top of the line greeting cards. These images stand up and are still attractive today. Santa Claus wasn't a popular subject for his greeting cards, he specialized in flower images. To find out more about Prang and his cards go to Father of the American Greeting Card.

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a couple images for Independence day

a few Thanksgiving graphics with turkeys

These are some nice late 19th century images from greeting cards.

holiday images

I have been collecting vintage holiday images for awhile. I use some to make cross stitch patterns. A couple of patterns are listed below

CHRISTMAS

vintage bird Christmas cross stitch

Kitten with Holly

HALLOWEEN

Jack o lantern with pipe

Black Cat on Pumpkin