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Joyful tidings: 175 years of Christmas cards

Joyful tidings: 175 years of Christmas cards

by Talking Humanities | Dec 6, 2018 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics

Dr Karen Attar, Senate House Library’s curator of rare books and university art, traces the 175-year history of the first seasonal greeting card. In 1843 Henry Cole, director of the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum), devised the world’s...

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