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Now ShowingDecember 2011: Postcard Christmas Offering -- Arrival of the Magi |
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This postcard from the Archives' Collection 636 -- Postcard Collection illustrates the arrival of the wise men in the distance to join Mary and Joseph in their worship of the newborn Christ. The reverse side of the postcard, written on Sunday, October 3, includes a short note from Viola to Amanda Myer in New Holland, Pennsylvania. The postmark shows that the card was sent in October 1909. The postcard was acquired by the Billy Graham Museum in 1983; the postcard collection was transferred to the Archives in 2006. The postcard collection consists of many hundreds of postcards, all related to evangelism or America religious history. |
