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title: Edgley Christmas Card
author: The British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16776/edgley-christmas-card/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2022-12-05
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# Edgley Christmas Card
_Authored by The British Museum_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/16776.png)
## Image Caption
An 1848 Christmas card printed by William Maw Edgley (1826-19116) showing scenes of general merriment and, for the first time on such a card, holly. The sender wrote the name of the recipient at the very top and signed their name at the bottom of the card.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Museum, T. B. (2022, December 05). Edgley Christmas Card. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Museum, The British. "Edgley Christmas Card." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 05, 2022. .
### MLA
Museum, The British. "Edgley Christmas Card." *World History Encyclopedia*, 05 Dec 2022, .
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