St.Nicholas Walking off the Boat into Spain with Black Peter

St.Nicholas Walking off the Boat into Spain with Black Peter

St. Nicholas is the primary figure with black Peter and the crowd as the secondary figures. St. Nicholas is wearing white with red cloak over top. Black Peter is wearing red pants, a green top, and yellow shorts. Major colors would include: yellow, red, blue, green, brown, white, and gray. Objects of importance would include the black Peter carrying a bag of toys, they are walking off a boat, there are children cheering for St. Nicholas to come to Spain. St. Nicholas is holding a staff in his right hand and waving with his left. On the front it says, "Groten Van St. Nicolaas" and "Wie komt er alle jaren Daar heel uit Spanje varen" which means. "Greetings from St. Nicholas. As he comes each year, direct from Spain with cheer."

Roseliep Christmas Postcard Collection

Roseliep, Raymond

Christmas Postcards

St. Nicholas

Black Peter

Raymond Roseliep Collection. Finding aids for the collection can be found at http://libguides.loras.edu/special/roseliep

JPEG

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Felder, Leigha

Image

Date postcard was scanned:20151107

RoseliepPostcards_107_008

German

Box 1 , Tab 7

Postcard

14x9 cm