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Before Photoshop, People Used To Make Homemade Christmas Cards, And These 36 From The 1930s-1960s Are The Ones That Have Caught My Eye
Way before Photoshop was available, people got very creative in making their holiday and Christmas greeting cards. Enjoy the collection and Happy Holidays to all the Pandas!
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Groovy Silhouette
No actually man is secretly another man who is secretly a woman who is secretly a girl who is secretly a boy who is secretly a cat
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I believe each layer is the silhouette of a different family member, as listed below; including Sparky. 🙂
Reminds me of the Rolling Stones Hot Rocks 1964-1972 album cover! download-6...4e66a.jpeg 
Gift Wrapping
Cats For Peace!
TBH, a cat could do a better job of governing than a lot of the humans that are supposedly doing that job right now.
Puppet Parents
Dr. Furnish And Staff
Doggone Good Time!
The Purcell-Niks
1933 Wagon
The Beards
Chickens
Cheery Christmas
My candle burns at both ends/ It will not last the night/ But ah my friends and oh my foes/ It gives a lovely light.
Edwin And Jerry
Flying High
Excellent example of cut and paste, when cutting and pasting was involved
Orbited Startweathers
Family Stockings
Sigh, these are SO much better than the generic store bought one that everyone does now. They are weird, wonderful and fun.
I still make ours every year! Takes some time but I feel like it shows the family cares.
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I really enjoyed these. In this age of AI-generated pictures, deep fakes and Photoshop, it is easy to forget the work that went into making these.
1930s families on their way to get their pets for the Christmas card be like:
My dad made the baby announcements when me and my sister were born in ‘69 &’70. I still have mine.
Really enjoyed the creativity displayed here. Some of them must have taken a really long time to make!
Computers made meme-ing easier--but not necessarily better. If you have a web site now--maybe you'd have a zine, back in the day. Cut and paste, xerox and polaroid.
Sigh, these are SO much better than the generic store bought one that everyone does now. They are weird, wonderful and fun.
I still make ours every year! Takes some time but I feel like it shows the family cares.
Load More Replies... I really enjoyed these. In this age of AI-generated pictures, deep fakes and Photoshop, it is easy to forget the work that went into making these.
1930s families on their way to get their pets for the Christmas card be like:
My dad made the baby announcements when me and my sister were born in ‘69 &’70. I still have mine.
Really enjoyed the creativity displayed here. Some of them must have taken a really long time to make!
Computers made meme-ing easier--but not necessarily better. If you have a web site now--maybe you'd have a zine, back in the day. Cut and paste, xerox and polaroid.
