Card of Christmas Past

Chuck Braden was kind enough to share this holiday card that was used by Bishop Joseph Marshall Francis, whose tenure ran from 1899 until his death in early 1939. (The scan barely doesn't do it justice.)

Since the cornerstone for All Saints was laid in 1910, we're assuming that this card was produced somewhere between 1911-1938.

All Saints can barely be seen under all the snow!

UPDATE: Gordon Chastain adds these comments:

The photo was taken by The Rev. Rush Sloan, who was Vicar and Canon from 1914-1916. Here is a quote from "Episcopal Bishops: by Sarah Pratt (who lived across the street from All Saints was the mother or grandmother of Arthur Pratt, whom you may remember from Christ Church): "Once when All Saints and it adjacent trees and bushes were covered with snow, a young clergyman, the Reverend Rush Sloan, who was staying at the Bishop's (Francis), came over to our lawn opposite, and took a picture. This very beautiful picture the Bishop had made into a Christmas card, which he sent to Bishop Lloyd, of New York, and to the Mission House. The Spirit of Missions (a publication of the national church) reproduced it on its cover. Unfortunately the name of the church was omitted, and the Indianapolis Diocese did not receive credit."