Greeting cards

Description

This series includes early examples of Christmas, Easter, birthday, and Valentine's Day greeting cards. Many cards in the collection were produced by the company of Louis Prang, a leader in the greeting card publishing business and the printing industry. Other publishers included in the collection are New England Art Publishers and Quality Art Novelty, Co.

Details

Descriptive Terms

holidays
Thanksgiving
Independence Day
greeting cards
Christmas cards
birthday cards
valentines
New Year cards
Easter cards

Physical Descrption

ca. 10 boxes

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.05

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Prang, Louis, 1824-1909 (Printer)
L. Prang & Co. (Publisher)
New England Art Publishers, Inc.
Quality Art Novelty Company

Material Type

greeting cards
Christmas cards
birthday cards
valentines
New Year cards
Easter cards

Description Level

Series

Location Note

85M-01-314-Z-E-0504 through 85M-01-314-Z-E-0506

Related Items

Jewett family papers
Abigail B. Homer family papers
A. M. Davis Company greeting card collection
Bill Finch and Carol Rose greeting card collection
Prang ephemera collection

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