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The B series is made up of five folders in box 2 of the Lilac Hedges collection. All the cards are birthday cards. None of the artwork of the cards is signed by the artists.

Scope and Contents The C series is a series of Christmas cards. The series is made up of eight folders of cards contained in box 2 of the Lilac Hedges Collection. All the cards are samples so they are glued onto a backing which has the organizational numbers typed onto them. On the back of the cards the label that usually reads “Lilac Hedges” reads “Chestnut Hill Cards Litchfield, CT” and the emblem is different from the Lilac Hedges cards. The artists who signed artwork are Ralph P. Hinchman, Bunin, “PKRPH,”...

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The CA series is a collection of sample cards. The series is made up of three folders of cards that are housed in box 2 of the Lilac Hedges Collection. Since the cards are samples the cards are glued to a piece of study paper that also contains the organizational number and the price of the card. The cards are all Christmas cards. No artists signed the artwork on the cards.

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The Chestnut Hill Series is made up two folders in box 2 of the Lilac Hedges collection. The cards appear to be related to the C series because the emblem on the back of the cards is the same. The emblem says “Chestnut Hill Cards” with a picture of a leaf and chestnuts instead of the Lilac Hedges emblem. The cards also have a C number, and the cards are also Christmas cards. Artwork signed by artists include names like Ralph P. Hinchman, Dick Brown, and Jac Venza.

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The G-L + B series is a series containing two folders of cards; it is housed in box 2 of the Lilac Hedges collection. The cards appear to all be Christmas cards, and two artists have signed artwork on the cards, Ralph P. Hinchman and Phillipe Cloës. The cards are sample cards so they are glued to sturdy paper with the price of the cards as well as the organizational number.

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The G series is a series of cards whose organizational number begins with the letter G; they are all Get Well cards. The series is composed of two folders that are housed in box 2 of the Lilac Hedges collection. Artwork on one card is signed by an artist named Plant.

Scope and Contents The house series is a series of eight folders housed in box 2 of the Lilac Hedges collection. The cards do not have an organizational number, but the artwork on all the cards is of a house. Ralph P. Hinchman’s earliest work (according to an oral history given by Elsa Hinchman-Clark) was creating Christmas cards for friends and family which feature artwork of their houses; this series is most likely those early cards. Most of the artwork is created by Hinchman, but H.D. Bowman has signed some...

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The JBS series is a series of cards contained in one folder that is housed in box 2 of the Lilac Hedges collection. The two cards in the folder contain an organizational number containing “JBS” which is not found on any other cards in the collection. Both cards are Christmas cards from Jane Bedell, and the cards are not signed.

Scope and Contents The M sample series is a collection of sample cards that are held in three folders in box 2 of the Lilac Hedges collection. Since the cards are sample cards they are glued to sturdy paper which also contains the organizational number of each card and the price of each card. Artists who signed artwork in this series are Jac Venza, Hilary Knight, and Ralph P. Hinchman. The M series appears to be cards which had envelopes which were made for each card; each sample has the card glued on one size...

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The M series is a series of two folders that can be found in box 2 of the Lilac Hedges collection. The cards do not seem to have a clear single topic that they cover, but the cards appear to mostly be Bon Voyage and “Thinking of You” cards. Artists who have signed artwork on the cards include: Ralph P. Hinchman, Jac Venza, Harry Dunn, and Plant.