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The Yellow Swallowtail
Pictures by Louis Prang & Co.
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A yellow swallowtail butterfly rests on a spray of pink and red blossoms from Louis Prang's 1860 plates, with a gentle wish for sunshine and a quick recovery inside. Prang, the Boston printer who went on to give America its first Christmas cards, started out with small colour cards of butterflies and flowers. For someone on the mend.
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Inside, it says
Sending you sunshine and good wishes for a quick recovery.
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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