You may want to contact Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Missouri.  They
have a collection of Victorian cards, mainly on the changing faces of
Santa Claus.  They also have a collection of cards they have produced for
presidential use.
They could help out with the technical side of producing these cards; or
maybe help underwrite the project.  Call Allison Novela at (816) 274-8519
or fax her at (816) 274-5061.

And we are planning to have a Victorian Christmas themed exhibition this
coming season, so we most certainly are thinking about Christmas.


O
Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator
Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard
Yorba Linda, CA  92886
(714) 993-5075; fax (714) 528-0544; e-mail:  [log in to unmask]

On Tue, 29 Jul 1997 16:14:27 -0400 "Thomas A. Reitz"
<[log in to unmask]> writes:
>Okay, I know that few of us are thinking about Christmas yet, but some
>of us
>are.
>
>We are looking for good quality reproduction Christmas postcards, ca.
>1900-1914, to use as part of a hands-on activity in one of our school
>programs.  We would need approximately 5,000 cards.
>
>We are prepared to print these cards using origingals in our
>collection.
>However, we've taken several postcards from our collection to local
>printers
>and we aren't completely satisfied with the possible results - for
>example
>adding the colour gold to print job, makes it a five-colour process as
>opposed to four-colour, and it adds to the price.  Most of the
>postcard
>printers insist on putting a glossy finish on the final product.  And
>the
>original cards do not meet current postal standards for postcard size
>and
>postcard printers don't want to adjust their normal print runs to
>accommodate a smaller size card.
>
>So anyway, just wondering if any historic sites or museums have
>reproduced
>cards for programming use or gift shop sales.  Or do you know of a
>commercial supplier?  So far our searching hasn't turned up any leads.
>
>Thanks - and an early Merry Christmas!
>
>Thomas A. Reitz
>Manager/Curator
>Doon Heritage Crossroads
>R.R. #2
>Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2G 3W5
>
>Telephone:  519-748-1439 ext. 227
>Fax:        519-748-0009
>e-mail:     [log in to unmask]
>http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/doon/
>