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L. Frank Baum, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, 1902
Adventures of Santa Claus: published by L. Frank Baum
Visit of St. Nicholas: McLoughlin Bros 1901
A portrait of Santa drawn by Thomas Nast
The Night Before Christmas or a Visit of St. Nicholas: McLoughlin Bros circa 1896
The Night Before Christmas or a Visit of St. Nicholas: McLoughlin Bros circa 1896 Perfection Santa Claus Worldwide distills the cheerful essence of Christmas from many sources and studies, old and new. In addition to his wide reading, author Tom A. Jerman has brought...The Night Before Christmas: McLoughlin Bros 1896
The Night Before Christmas: McLoughlin Bros 1896 Perfection Santa Claus Worldwide distills the cheerful essence of Christmas from many sources and studies, old and new. In addition to his wide reading, author Tom A. Jerman has brought a wealth of personal experience...Ad for Tom Smith’s Christmas Crackers circa 1890s
Ad for Tom Smith’s Christmas Crackers circa 1890s Perfection Santa Claus Worldwide distills the cheerful essence of Christmas from many sources and studies, old and new. In addition to his wide reading, author Tom A. Jerman has brought a wealth of personal experience...Ad for Ayer’s Cherry Pictorial circa 1890
Ad for Ayer’s Cherry Pictorial circa 1890 Perfection Santa Claus Worldwide distills the cheerful essence of Christmas from many sources and studies, old and new. In addition to his wide reading, author Tom A. Jerman has brought a wealth of personal experience Read...Ad for Santa Claus Sugar Plums 1869
Beginning in the 1860s, Santa Claus began to be used in advertising
Santa Claus, Louis Prang, cover, Fold-Out Card, A Visit from St. Nicholas 1864
Illustration from Prang’s “Visit” shows the size of Santa relative to the stockings and chair next to him
Santa Claus, Fisher & Bros.,Howell, Internal illustration, Visit from St. Nicholas 1863
Fisher and Brother’s version of “Visit”