| Images of the Month Gallery December 1999 | ||
| Ethel Willia Perkins (1871-1968) was a high school chemistry teacher in New Orleans. In 1957 she
gave a small collection of papers to the Library. Among the donated materials is a scrapbook of Chinese greeting and
Christmas cards. Miss Perkins had visited China in 1937 and apparently had relatives living in Shanghai. The cards may have come from those
relatives or through her own work with relief organizations working in China. The Christmas cards are both unusual and charming. Together, they make for a perfect Images of the Month Gallery as we head into the 1999 Christmas season. We hope you enjoy them. Happy Holidays!
The captions accompanying the images were taken from descriptions in the scrapbook. Not all of the cards included descriptions. |
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