Christmas card--A gift to the members of the Foreign Missionary Box Association of the Protestant Episcopal Church – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of Christmas card--A gift to the members of the Foreign Missionary Box Association of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Christmas card--A gift to the members of the Foreign Missionary Box Association of the Protestant Episcopal Church
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Printed as a Christmas greeting for members of the Foreign Missionary Box Association of the Protestant Episcopal Church, this 1877 wood engraving links a holiday card to the church's overseas work. Its subjects, mission churches and missionary activity in Liberia, reflect the Episcopal Church's interest in West Africa during the 1870s, when American congregations sent money and supplies to distant missions through church societies. Missionary boxes, collections of donations and goods shipped abroad, were a common way for parishioners to take part in that effort. Wood engraving was then the standard method for reproducing illustrations in inexpensive printed matter, which made cards like this one widely available as seasonal gifts.
| Created / published | 1877 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Christmas cards 1870-1880.Wood engravings 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Forms part of: American Colonization Society Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Mission churches--Liberia--1870-1880. Missions--Liberia--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,299 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-202060 |
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