Grant Family 1913 Christmas card

KILLARNEY

[image of Killarney's Lake]

music and words:

BY KILLARNEYS LAKES AND FELLS E'MRALD ISLES AND WINDING BAYS
MOUNTAIN PATHS AND WOODLAND DELLS, MEM'RY EVER FONDLY STRAYS
BOUNTEOUS NATURE LOVES ALL LANDS, BEAUTY WANDERS EVERYWHERE
FOOTPRINTS LEAVES ON MANY STRANDS BUT HER HOME IS
SURELY THERE! ANGELS FOLD THEIR WINGS AND REST
IN THAT EDEN OF THE WEST BEAUTY'S HOME KIL - -
- - LAR - - NEY HEAVN'S REFLEX KIL - - ARN - - NEY!

Printed at bottom of card:-

WOVEN IN PURE SILK
W. H. GRANT & Co.		COVENTRY

Printed on card insert:-           Make new friends but keep the old One is silver, the other is gold.

With Every Good Wish for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year -   from   - Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Grant Heath House,      Foleshill, Coventry.                        Xmas, 1913.

card:
cm wide by cm deep

silk:
cm wide by cm deep

This 1913 Christmas card comprises a folded card, with a postcard type front, with insert silk of Killarney, with a plain back. Inserted into the card, and held in place by a silk ribbon and bow, is a folded paper with printing on the two inside faces.

The card is from Mr and Mrs W.H. Grant, the same address used on all their Christmas cards until 1914. In 1920 it was The Mayor & Mayoress (Councillor & Mrs WH Grant), and in 1921 it became Alderman & Mrs WH Grant, a style that was retained until 1930.