Beatrice Fox Auerbach's 1963 Christmas Card Portfolio
MakerMade by
Beatrice Fox
American, 1887 - 1968
Date1963
MediumPrinted cardstock, printed paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width, closed): 9 1/16 × 6 1/16in. (23 × 15.4cm)
Other (overall height x width, open): 18 1/8 × 6 1/16in. (46 × 15.4cm)
Other (overall height x width, open): 18 1/8 × 6 1/16in. (46 × 15.4cm)
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineGift of Shirley Cowles
DescriptionA Christmas card portfolio with portrait drawings of Auerbach family members sent by Beatrice Fox Auerbach, December 1963.
The (.1) portfolio is red with gold text. The portfolio contains a (.2) letter from Beatrice Fox Auerbach and portrait drawings of (.3) Beatrice Fox Auerbach, (.4) Georgette Auerbach Koopman and Richard Koopman, (.5) George Auerbach Koopman, (.6) Rena Beatrice Koopman, (.7) Dorothy Brooks Koopman, (.8) Beatrice Fox Koopman, (.9) Harry Saloman Koopman, (.10) Richard Koopman, Jr., (.11) Dorothy Auerbach Schiro and Bernard Schiro, (.12) Susan Fox Schiro, (.13) Linda Blanche Schiro, (.14) Robert Gerson Schiro, (.15) Helen Beatrice Schiro, (.16) Elizabeth Auerbach Shiro, and (.17) Jean Louise Shiro.
The (.1) portfolio is red with gold text. The portfolio contains a (.2) letter from Beatrice Fox Auerbach and portrait drawings of (.3) Beatrice Fox Auerbach, (.4) Georgette Auerbach Koopman and Richard Koopman, (.5) George Auerbach Koopman, (.6) Rena Beatrice Koopman, (.7) Dorothy Brooks Koopman, (.8) Beatrice Fox Koopman, (.9) Harry Saloman Koopman, (.10) Richard Koopman, Jr., (.11) Dorothy Auerbach Schiro and Bernard Schiro, (.12) Susan Fox Schiro, (.13) Linda Blanche Schiro, (.14) Robert Gerson Schiro, (.15) Helen Beatrice Schiro, (.16) Elizabeth Auerbach Shiro, and (.17) Jean Louise Shiro.
Object number2012.557.2.1-.17
Inscribed(.1) Printed on front cover in gold on red background: "To you / for the happy / Holidays / of / 1963 / A HOLIDAY PORTFOLIO FROM / BEATRICE FOX AUERBACH"(.2) Printed in gold on front: "A family of so many individuals / such as mine outgrows collective / expression of its wishes. This / year we come to you one by one, / from our youngest, Jean Louise / Schiro to "Grannie Bea" each of us / bringing to you deepest and fondest / hopes for your health and / happiness in the bright / New Year ahead. / Beatrice Fox Auerbach / Hartford Connecticut U.S.A. / The Holidays of 1963 - Year of 1964"
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