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Christmas still life with plate and holly, Whitehall, NY, 1910

Subjects
Christmas & SantaGeneral Greetings
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1910 (Golden Age)
Front of Christmas still life with plate and holly, Whitehall, NY, 1910, Mr. & Mrs. M. K. Nichols, USA, c. 1910 lithograph postcard
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Back of Christmas still life with plate and holly, Whitehall, NY, 1910, Mr. & Mrs. M. K. Nichols, USA, c. 1910 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

The card shows a Christmas still life: an ornate plate painted with a stone bridge over water, a yellow bowl, a green pitcher, and sprigs of holly. The printed greeting reads "HEARTY GREETING" above and "WISHING YOU A MERRY XMAS" below, combining tableware and holiday greenery in a common early-20th-century motif. Sam sent the card from Whitehall, New York, a few days before Christmas 1910, writing that he wished he could be there for the holiday. Whitehall sits at the southern end of Lake Champlain and was then a busy canal and railroad village.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dec 21, 1910 Dear Folk at Home I wish I could be there Xmas Am in White Hall sending you this Card for Remembrance Your son Sam

PublisherDavidson Bros.
HEARTY GREETING WISHING YOU A MERRY XMAS
PostmarkedWHITEHALL, NY
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr. & Mrs. M. K. Nichols

NEW YORK

Postcard record

PostmarkedWHITEHALL, NY
PublisherDavidson Bros.
SeriesSerie 1414 X
ConditionGood
Place addressedMr. & Mrs. M. K. Nichols, NEW YORK
Stamp1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesEmbossed border and accents; gold-lettered greeting; light edge and corner wear, with a small crease at the upper left. Postmark: circular WHITEHALL, N.Y. cancel over the stamp (date illegible). Divided-back embossed greeting card printed in Germany by Davidson Bros., Serie 1414 X; sender's message dated Dec. 21, 1910. Light edge wear, stamp corner slightly creased.

Cite this card

Christmas still life with plate and holly, Whitehall, NY, 1910, postcard, c. 1910. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/christmas-still-life-with-plate-and-holly-whitehall-ny-1910. Accessed November 2, 2026.