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Mother’s Day- how did it begin?
How did it all begin?
In the early 1920s, Hallmark began creating and producing Mother’s Day cards. The greeting cards illustrated how mom’s roles changed through the years. Here, we take a look back at Mother’s Day cards from the 1920s through today.
1920s. What cards lacked in color, they made up for in formality. In the 1920s, color was hand-applied rather than printed.
This 1930s card highlights a mother in the kitchen, baking with her little one.
Mother’s Day wishes came with a spot of hot tea and some pretty flowers
A pin cushion, a thimble and other familiar icons of the sewing basket conveyed best wishes for mom in this 1940s card.
Remember that prim and proper 1920s mom? She burst out of her shell in the 1960s, with this card telling mom to do something “adventurous, wicked and daring on Mother’s Day.”
Moms from any era can relate to this card acknowledging that household chores rarely take a day off — even on Mother’s Day.
Who taught you how to behave? “Nobody!” said the inside of this rebellious Mother’s Day card. “But I gotta give you credit, Mom.
