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Franklina C. Gray: the Grand Tour — Softcover

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🚨Just one spot left for our next hair art works

🚨Just one spot left for our next hair art workshop with Clary McCoy (@ap_obscurae)! Make sure to grab it before it’s gone!

This special holiday themed hair art workshop will take place on Saturday, December 18 at 1pm. All supplies, including hair, are included to make your gown holiday ornament! Feel free to bring your own hair to work in if you’d like!

Register at www.cshouse.org/events

We are so excited for our Holiday Open House this

We are so excited for our Holiday Open House this Friday! Will you be there?

We will be open 4pm-7pm with free admission for all, and free hot chocolate and tea on our veranda! Enjoy our holiday exhibit “A Very Victorian Christmas” and explore our decorated rooms!

More info: www.cshouse.org/events

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Before the second half of the 19th century, childr

Before the second half of the 19th century, children were accustomed to receiving small gifts on Christmas— candy, cookies and other sweet treats, fresh oranges in their stockings, chocolate coins, real coins too! Handmade gifts were most popular. With the rise of factories and industrialization, toys, dolls, and books became easy to mass produce— and made them more affordable for many families. In the latter part of the 19th and early 20th centuries tot sales soared during the holiday season.

Learn more about celebrating the holidays in the 19th century in our exhibit, “A Very Victorian Christmas” open now through January 9.

ALSO— Our open house is this coming Friday evening! Join us for free admission, hot chocolate, and holiday cheer!

www.cshouse.org/christmas

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For household servants of wealthy families in the

For household servants of wealthy families in the 19th century, the coming of the holiday season often meant an increase in responsibilities—- someone had to prepare for all those celebrations! Servants were often expected to work through Christmas, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t celebrate with their own Christmas dinner. Click through to see sample menus for a dinner for servants vs. a dinner for a well to do family. What do you notice about the differences in the meals? Who do you think might have prepared and served either of these meals?

Learn about how different people experienced the winter festive season in our exhibit, “A Very Victorian Christmas” open now through January 9. An online version is also available, but visiting in person means you get to explore our decorated rooms, too!

Learn more: www.cshouse.org/Christmas

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Santa Claus has had a lot of looks over the years!

Santa Claus has had a lot of looks over the years! Before the red suit that we are so familiar with today, Santa’s appearance ranged from small elf with pointy ears to a larger than life grandfatherly figure. One of the earliest drawings of Santa was created by Thomas Nast for Harper’s Weekly in 1863.

See the many iterations of our favorite holiday elf in our exhibit, “A Very Victorian Christmas” open now through January 9th. Check out the exhibit in person, or explore our companion exhibit online!

www.cshouse.org/christmas

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Being a member at Camron-Stanford House definitely

Being a member at Camron-Stanford House definitely has its perks! Aside from always having free admission, members often enjoy free or discounted tickets to special events and programs at the house. Many membership levels include VIP tickets that can be used throughout the year at many events. We love surprising our members with fun opportunities throughout the year, too!

Get in on a year of fun by becoming a member! Membership starts at only $35/year. Help us reach our goal for our membership drive! New members receive a free gift (while supplies last)! Get one for yourself, or purchase a membership as a gift for a history loving friend!

✨Learn more using the link in our bio ✨

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In 1890 the San Francisco Examiner published an ar

In 1890 the San Francisco Examiner published an article asking citizens to cease delivering charitable holiday gift donations to the San Francisco Orphan’s Asylum. Why would they do this?

Apparently, the spirit of Christmas charity had reached such a peak in the city that year that the orphanage received, hundreds and hundreds of books, dolls, games, toys, and, you may be interested to know, “three or four hundred knives”

The Examiner noted that, “there is enough to give every orphan a present, and if a single poor child in San Francisco fails to have a merry Christmas it will be because we have not been able to find him.”

Learn more about how people in poor and working class families experienced the holiday season in our exhibit, “A Very Victorian Christmas” open now through January 9. An online version is available too!

Learn more: www.cshouse.org/christmas

#christmas #christmashistory #sanfranciscohistory #californiahistory #bayarea #historichouse #museum #exhibit #lakemerritt #holidays

Tis the season for sending out holiday cards! Did

Tis the season for sending out holiday cards! Did you know that the first known commercial greeting card was commissioned by British industrialist (and renowned patron of the arts) Henry Cole in 1843. Cole hired his friend, artist John Callcott Horsley, to design a greeting card, which he then had printed to send to all his friends, family, and business associates. The trend picked up in the years following.

Interestingly, the first (known) commercial Christmas card designed by an American artist would not be until 1876!

Learn more holiday bits and trivia when you visit our exhibit, “A Very Victorian Christmas,” and stroll through our decorated house. Our holiday experience is open now through January 9. An online version of the exhibit is also available!

Learn more: www.cshouse.org/christmas

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When you become a member, you become a partner in

When you become a member, you become a partner in our work at Camron-Stanford House! There are so many more stories to tell about this house, the people who lived and worked here, and this city! Our members are such an important part of that process, as your support provides us with the resources to make these stories come to life, and you get to enjoy the end products— exhibits, tours, and other programs!

Help us reach our membership goal during our membership drive this month! We need to reach 50 new members by the end of the year! Will you be one of them?

Thank you to everyone who has signed up so far. Let’s keep it going! Membership starts at only $35/year and makes a great holiday gift!

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