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Hello Baby Boy Sapphire Butterfly
Pictures by Louis Prang & Co.
A sapphire-blue butterfly from Louis Prang's 1860 Butterflies and Moths of America rests beside pink blossoms, with Hello Baby Boy on the front and warm congratulations inside. Prang, the Boston printer who gave America its first Christmas cards, began with little colour cards of butterflies and flowers just like this one. For new parents welcoming a baby boy.
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Inside, it says
Congratulations on your wonderful baby boy!
On the back
Louis Prang (1824-1909), the Boston printer who gave America its first Christmas cards, began with little colour cards of butterflies and flowers.
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