Greeting cards
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Biedermeier Greeting Card Collection
Collection
Identifier: RB-RB-004
Scope and Contents
The Biedermeier cards originated in the mid-18th century in France but soon became popular in German and Austrian bourgeois circles. These cards, which are prints from woodcuts or copperplate etchings, are usually characterized by their inclusion of moveable elements to represent a narrative event: a simple fold-out window discloses a brief romantic poem or a pull-out handle moves part of the image to simulate an action or gesture that relates to the greeting message. In addition, the cards...
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Biedermeier Greeting Card Collection
Birthday Card with Paper Dolls, ca.1950
File — Box 041: Series 06, Folder: 005
Identifier: 005
Description
Folded greeting card with original envelope. The card is unused and the cover depicts Sambo sitting on a tiger with black thread for whiskers. The interior contains two die-cut paper doll figures, Sambo and a tiger, are to be assembled with Sambo sitting on teh Tiger's back. The text on the front of the card reads "Happy Birthday 4 Year-old" and the text on interior contains instrutions for the paper dolls. On the back of the card there is a printed makers mark of the letters "GB" inside of...