Loras Digital Collections

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A highly decorated Jesus statue is in the center of the card, covered in jewels and gold with a crown topped by a cross. "S. Bambino of Aracoeli - Rome" is printed at the bottom.

A round, jolly St. Nicholas with a red nose is giving a Christmas Greeting to a woman in a striped dress. The woman is holding a jostler stick.

A robin is singing on a snow-covered holly branch on the right side of the card. An inset of a snowy church is slightly off-centered to the left, surrounded by holly. "A happy Christmas" is printed at the top.

Hanging from a pink ribbon is a ringing gray bell. Below it is a cluster of holly. "A Merry Christmas" is printed to the left side as is a handwritten "Charley".

Bear dressed like Father Christmas in pink coat and hat. He is decorating a Christmas tree to the right. His cane and bag are propped against the wall behind him to the left. Dolls and teddy bears are below the tree.

“Saint Philomena Church was built in 1857 in the town of Asbury, a small community a short distance west of Dubuque. It was dedicated to a Roman martyr dear to the heart of Bishop Mathias Loras and his friend, the Cure of Ars. Over one hundred…
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