Images Dated 12th April 2008

Kind Thoughts, by Ethel Parkinson

Kind Thoughts -- a Christmas Greetings card by Ethel Parkinson, showing a little girl and an elderly gentleman walking down a snowy street. He is carrying a few parcels, and is using a walking stick. She is keeping her hands warm in an ermine muff. Both are dressed in 18th century style

© Mary Evans/Peter & Dawn Cope Collection

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Holly and Ivy, Box and Bay, by Ethel Parkinson

Holly and Ivy, Box and Bay, Put in the Church on Christmas Day. A Christmas Greetings card by Ethel Parkinson, showing people in a snowy landscape taking bunches of holly and ivy to decorate a church. Date: early 20th century

© Mary Evans/Peter & Dawn Cope Collection

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