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Title
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Donnelly Garment Company Christmas Party
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Description
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Group portrait of uniformed employees holding gifts, Nell Donnelly Reed, and a person dressed as Santa Claus at a company Christmas party on the floor of a dressmaking plant.
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Date
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1936-12-24
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 43 with Santa and Children
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing ten advertising cards, all cut to the shape of their image, showing the following:1. Santa carrying presents (two cards).2. A girl with ringlets and a hat, holding a ball (two identical cards).3. A girl with ringlets and a hat holding a teddybear.4. A woman in lace head cover.5. Flowers, two cards with hands and doves, one with birds, and one with a book.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 53 with People and Other Cards
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing five advertising cards showing the following:1. Two kingfishers, one flying over water, one sitting on a reed. Card says: "A Bright and Happy New Year."2. Santa carrying presents.3. A girl in fur-trimmed cape and muff.4. A man and woman standing by a wall smelling flowers. Card says: "J. F. Hancock, Fine Cakes, Confectionery, Ice Cream."5. A girl, boy, and dog at a well, drinking water.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 78 with Christmas Cards
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing ten advertising cards with a Christmas theme. Of seven smaller cards, there are three with Santa, three with angels and flowers, and one with a woman in flowered dress and crown. The three larger cards show a nativity scene; a sleigh laden with a Christmas tree being pulled by horses through a covered bridge; and a carriage being pulled by a team of four horses.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Pediatric Care
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Description
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Interior view of what appears to be a pediatric ward, probably at General Hospital No. 1. The image was taken at Christmas time and includes several children opening packages and interacting with Santa Claus. Includes a decorated Christmas tree with a Santa on the top. Children are seen in a hospital bed, seated on chairs and seated on the floor. No identification given. Written on the back of the photograph: "Mrs. Edge, Medical Social Service."
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Date
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1945~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Christmas Party for Kester School Students
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Description
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Kester School students and Santa Claus at a Christmas party arranged by the South Central Business Assocation and held in the auditorium of the Coca Cola Building.
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Date
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1953-12
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Christmas Party for Kester School Students
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Description
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Kester School students and staff, Santa Claus, and South Central Business Association members at a Christmas Party arranged by the SCBA. The party took place in the auditorium of the Coca Cola Building. Standing in row to right of Santa Claus is Roy Swanson, N. Emerson Paton, and Junius B. Cofer.
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Date
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1953-12
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Harold Gale Display, Inc.
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Description
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File contains articles, newspaper clippings and advertisments for Harold Gale Display, Inc., a Kansas City company that specialized in Santa Claus figures and store displays. The company was founded by Harold F. Gale--former display manager for the Woolf Brothers clothing store--and wife, Viola.
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Date
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1957/2006
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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The Golden Age of Santa Play Dolls 1950s-1960s
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Description
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Article about Baby Boomer era Santa Claus dolls featuring two Kansas City companies: Harold Gale Display and the Columbia Toy Company. The article details specific dolls manufactured by Harold Gale and distributed by Columbia Toy.
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Date
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2006-12
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Object Type
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Magazine
