Postcards depicting Christmas with goats, including one by Ellen Clapsaddle and four by Jenny Eugenia Nyström (1854-1946) a Swedish painter and illustrator who was surely the Godmother of Christmas goat postcards.
Archive for the ‘Christmas’ Category
Goats for Christmas
Posted in Art, Christmas, Postcards on December 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A Dachshund for Christmas
Posted in Art, Christmas, Dogs, Postcards on December 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A Christmas postcard by August Roeseler (1866-1934) who had a thing for dachshunds
Mail for Christmas
Posted in Art, Christmas, Postcards on December 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Christmas Gift
Posted in Advertising, Art, Christmas on December 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of the great gifts to me this year has been Golden Age Comic Book Stories, a treasure trove of illustration, some whimsical, some magical. Here is a small sampling of the Christmas wonders that appeared this week: From “The Night Before Christmas,” by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), the children all snug in their beds. Santa [...]
Merry Christmas
Posted in Art, Chess, Christmas on December 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Who knew cats played chess on Christmas?
Your Share
Posted in Beer, Christmas on May 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I doubt I even read the magazine, but this cover from the December 16, 1966 Statist — which I purchased at the Syracuse Bookcenter on Marshall Street — has annually served to remind me of my holiday responsibilities.
Uncle Lee’s Bed
Posted in Christmas on December 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It was the tallest, highest bed in the world, I think, where I spent every Christmas Eve as a boy. For the holiday, we traveled from Buffalo to Salamanca, N.Y., to the home of my grandparents on Academy Street. My brother, who was older, got to spend the night with our cousins over at their [...]
To All
Posted in Art, Christmas, Music, Photography on December 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
