Kōrero: English

Greetings cards (1 o 3)

Greetings cards

It took over 150 years for New Zealanders of British descent to think of Christmas as a summer, not a winter festival. This Christmas card, printed in New Zealand in the mid-20th century, shows the traditional English holly and a gas lamp.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Eph-A-CARDS-Christmas-Tombs-01

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Terry Hearn, 'English - Popular culture', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/2205/greetings-cards (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Terry Hearn, i tāngia i te 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 Mar 2015