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An 1883
lithographed
advertisement
for
Valentine's Day
greeting cards
published by
Louis Prang
, showing a woman holding a group of tethered
cherubs
, who float like a bunch of
balloons
above her. Prang became well-known during the
American Civil War
, printing war
maps
for
newspapers
. In 1873, he began selling
Christmas cards
in England and brought them to the United States the following year, earning him the moniker "father of the American Christmas card".
Restoration:
Lise Broer
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