[Christmas card designed for mailing by the Berryman family, showing Berryman's teddy bear on lamp post, indicating address of their new home] – Vintage Print
![[Christmas card designed for mailing by the Berryman family, showing Berryman's teddy bear on lamp post, indicating address of their new home], 1939 — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ca/ca860ca5aaf8-L.webp)
(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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This antique engraving of [Christmas card designed for mailing by the Berryman family, showing Berryman's teddy bear on lamp post, indicating address of their new home] brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Christmas card designed for mailing by the Berryman family, showing Berryman's teddy bear on lamp post, indicating address of their new home]
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A teddy bear perched on a lamp post sets this 1939 Christmas card apart. The bear is the figure cartoonist Clifford Berryman drew in 1902, after Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a captured bear on a Mississippi hunting trip. Here the family used the familiar character to mark the address of their new home, turning a public symbol into a private greeting. Printed as an engraving, the card has the crisp, finished look that suited formal holiday mailings of the period.
| Created / published | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Christmas cards 1930-1940.Engravings 1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,000 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-165504 |
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