Korean War Era Christmas Card, 1950
Scope and Contents
The Wilson Scrapbook and Materials Collection is comprised of a scrapbook, a box of glass slides, and a box of printed material related to the Wilson family of Walker County, Texas.
Box 1 contains a 16 page scrapbook consisting of photographs, newspaper articles, and cards. Box 2 contains four photographic glass slides and one glass slide fragment. Box 3 is comprised of seventeen stickers, five cards, four invitations, four tags, three newspaper articles, two programs and a piece of program ephemera, two v-mail envelopes, a newsletter, and a postcard.
Dates
- Creation: 1950
Extent
1 Sheets : White and blue Christmas card with black text.
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Description
The white card opens onto a blue sheet. In the top left corner of the blue sheet is a black outline of a globe with the Korean peninsula. Near the bottom of the sheet is a black outline of the state of Texas with a mother and her two children. The messages on the sheet states, "From somewhere in Korea to deep East Texas... the Lynches and their little ones get together in heart to greet you this Christmas 1950 Juanita and Ray," in black text.
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository