Happy Birthday, Beethoven!

The great Richard Thompson reports on his blog that today is Ludwig's birthday.

While rummaging through some of my things, I found this card given to me by my wife's aunt, Jan.
I previously posted about these cards here.

This is an unique birthday card because it is not telling anyone Happy Birthday, other than Beethoven and the card is celebrating his 200th birthday, which means the card was out on the market in 1970. I wasn't even born then.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Beethoven!
And thank you Sparky for creating such a cool greeting card!

"Peanuts" greeting cards from the 1960's

My wife's aunt is moving to California and while packing she found a bunch of "Peanuts" greeting cards from the 1960's tucked away in her belongings. She gave them to me. What a treat!

From an illustrator's perspective, look at those backgrounds and fluorescent colors!!
From a fan of "Peanuts" perspective, look how mean Lucy is, even in greeting cards!