The Message of the Bells, Or, What Happened To Us On Christmas Eve

Author Written and illustrated by Hendrik Willem Van Loon American

Author Music by Grace Castagnetta American

1942

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Title: The Message of the Bells, Or, What Happened To Us On Christmas Eve
Author: Written and illustrated by Hendrik Willem Van Loon (American, 1882–1944)
Author: Music by Grace Castagnetta (American, born 1912)
Published in: Garden City
Date: 1942
Medium: Illustrations: photoreproductions of original drawings
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. (17.1 x 10.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 1925
Object Number: 43.103.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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