Uncommon oversized 1975 Hallmark White House Christmas gift card bearing an embossed presidential seal, measuring 18 x 18 closed, with inside bearing a color print of George Durrie’s 1858 painting entitled 'Farmyard in Winter,' signed in the lower border next to a preprinted holiday greeting in blue felt tip, "Gerald R. Ford.” In very good to fine condition, with some light creasing, and a small stain to the lower edge of the signed panel. For the second holiday season, the Fords selected a George Henry Durrie painting to be used as the centerpiece of their White House Christmas cards, ordering 5,000 of these Hallmark prints to be given out to staff and other VIPs. The original artwork, ‘Farmyard in Winter,’ was purchased during Mrs. Nixon’s White House restoration project and hung in the Green Room. These very rare cards were given to staff members and VIPs.
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