Even with her busy schedule, Janice found time to create an annual
holiday card. Often a block print, these cards displayed her powers of
observation and sense of humor. They were saved by friends and
relatives as pieces of art, which, indeed, they are.
Special thanks to my Cousin. Marjorie Candela Quint, of Grand Rapids, who sent me her collection of cards.
Below, some
samples:
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| 1978 - Have a Merry one this year! Our cat, Morgin sitting on a lobster trap.Phil home from SVA and a new Mazda in the driveway. The house is almost all fixed up. | . |
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| 1979 - ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS! |
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| 1980 - Merry Christmas from Mooseland! These critters really do roam around here. |
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| 1981- Port Clyde Harbor - Wishing you All the Best this Season can bring! |
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| 1982 - Studio View - Warm Wishes for the Holiday Season! |
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| Christmas gift tag - endless creativity! |
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| 1983 - YULETIDE GREETINGS! (Or did you do your chopping early?) The wood pile in the back of the house. splitting firewood. |
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| 1984 - Merry Christmas! |
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| 1985 - MERRY CHRISTMAS and all that! in '85 they had just purchased Buster's lobster shed, behind their house, which is the building on the card. |
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| 1986 - woodcut by Norm Tate |
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| 1987 - Have a Merry Christmas and a Great '88! |
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| 1988 - A very Merry Christmas to you all! Janice reports that "Santa brought me an early microwave, and I'm addicted already. this will mean I can work an extra half-hour in the garden before having to start supper!" |
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| 1989 - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! |
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1990 - Christmas cheer and a Glad New Year!
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| Possibly 1991 - Cards of this era were reproduced using a home copier |
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| 1992 - Have a Good Old-fashioned Christmas! View from the house looking past Buster's to the harbor. |
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| 1993 - Wishing you a good Old-fashioned Christmas - Scene, snowshoeing in the woodlot in search of a Christmas tree. |
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| 1994 - Splash! Glug-glug!!! "Too bad we rather liked him." The character on the card is an Emerson. My grandmother created the first when she was in college at Syracuse, and he has become a family tradition. |
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| Emerson in my grandfather's photo album ca. 1917 |
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Emersons at home in Lawrence, KS
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| Illustration by my brother Phil - not sure of the year |
The above cards are reflective of the time spent at Port Clyde, but Janice was always a card maker and below are some earlier examples:
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| Greeting card from my grandparents, Herbert and Mary Wands Campbell, showing their home on Center Street in Athens, PA. - linoleum block print |
