Historic Photos

Christmas Seals, 1937

December 11th, 2016

a young man with slicked back hair holds a poster sized stamp that says GREETINGS 1937 with a person in winter clothes holding a bell

Richard Young, a Bloomington High School student, is seen here showing an enlarged reproduction of his 1937 Christmas Seal design. That holiday season the McLean County Tuberculosis Association mailed off more than 10,000 letters with Christmas Seals in the hopes of raising $3,700 to fight the deadly scourge.

Bill Kemp

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