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Families explore cultural exhibits and take part in holiday-themed crafts during the Holidays Around the World celebration Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, at Austin Community College’s Military Families Center at the Highland Campus. Hosted by the Military Families Center and Student Advocacy Center, the event featured traditions from across the globe, festive activities, and photos with Santa.
Who is the creepy character with a witch like face holding a baseball bat and sitting on the rocking horse???
MISCH & CO.'S "OUR CHRISTMAS TREE" SERIES No. 319 A. Designed in England.
Producer of postcards. In the 1890s, the company traded under the name Misch & Stock, printing Christmas cards. They changed their name in 1905.
Max Misch (Posen, Germany, 1852 - London, England, 1919): An English businessman of German decent, Max Misch first entered into partnership with the English publishing firm of Bernhd.Ollendorff established around 1879. Their firm, located at 53 Jewin Street, London dealt in publishing books, lithographic cards and fancy stationery goods. Other partners in this firm included Bernhard Ollendorff (the proprietor), and Siegfried Stock (c. 1859 - 1929). It seems that Bernhard Ollendorff (Germany, c. 1836 - England, c. 1901) was a relative of Max Misch, possibly an uncle. See: The Bookseller : The Newspaper of British and Foreign Literature published in (1879), and (1880), both contained advertisements for the firm of Bernhard Ollendorff, 53 Jewin Street, E. C., offering their new lithographic and chromolithographic 'Birthday, Valentine, Christmas and New Year's' card collections. In 1885, The firm was dissolved but continued to run under Bernhard Ollendorff. See: The London Gazette, page 37, January 2, 1885. Bernhard Ollendorff's firm continued to run under his management into the 1890's. See: Papers Past - Press January 1890, printed an advertisement by the H. J. Wood and Co. offering lithographic cards published by L. Prang, Sydney J. Saunders, Bernhard Ollendorff and others. The same year they left the Ollendorff firm (1885), Max Misch and Siegfried Stock went into partnership to form the new firm of Misch & Stock, Fine Art Publishers. This firm became a major English publishing company during its time. See: The American Stationer, a classified business directory, September 19, (1885), the Misch & Stock located at Jewin Street, posted an advertisement in this directory offering their latest Christmas cards. When Siegfried Stock retired in 1905, the new firm of Misch & Co., Ltd. was established by Max Misch. It was located at Golden Lane, London England. Misch & Co., Ltd. became a major publisher of lithographic, mixed media and photographic post cards, as well as other printed matter during the first part of the twentieth century. Other sources indicate that the firm was out of business by 1913, but I have yet to find a directory, register, census, news article or advertisement notifying of its demise to verify that date. LINK to the complete article - www.artoftheprint.com/artistpages/misch_and_company_thete...