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Item No: rlaw01301
Title: "Merry Christmas!"
Language: English
Material: Print on cardstock
Transcription:

"MERRY CHRISTMAS!

RABBIT HILL WESTPORT CONN.

ROBERT AND MARIE LAWSON."


Media Type: Ephemera
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

This Christmas card features some of Robert Lawson's most beloved characters.  Leading the procession is one of Mr. Popper's Penguins (1938), followed by Ferdinand the bull (from 1936's The Story of Ferdinand), who is giving a ride to the bagpipe-playing Wee Gillis, from the 1938 book of the same name.


Provenance: Gift of Frederick R. Gardner, 1969-1977.

Creation Year (Single Year or Earliest Date): ca. 1938
Image Dimensions Width: 14 cm
Call Number: LAWSON GREETING CARDS
Creator Name: Lawson, Robert, 1892-1957 - Artist
Lawson, Marie A. (Marie Abrams), 1894-1956 - Artist