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Season's Greetings

This is a small selection of images from the institute's collections related to Christmas and New Year: historical Season's Greetings from the labour movement. These pictures can be sent as e-cards!
We also present a pamphlet on 'Christmas Cruelties', written by Ernest Bell and published by the Humanitarian League in 1907. Click on the image at the left to read more about 'the TURKEY, a special victim of the Christmas season'.

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New Year Tree
Soviet Union, 1954

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Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
(Happy New Year)
Netherlands, 1936

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Karl Marx
Netherlands, 1992

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Walter Crane
United Kingdom, 1894

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Timely snow, good year, firecrackers, peace
China, 1982

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Helpt ons bestrijden den oorlog
(Help us fight the war)
Netherlands, 1916

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Paying Chairman Mao a New Year’s call
China, 1962

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Prost Neujahr!
(Happy New Year!)
Germany, 1900

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