Tuck Goose and the Golden Eggs, 1915

File — Box: CFC Postcards Box 3

Identifier: CFC2018.0374.2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Carlson Fable Collection is a gathering of primary fable materials at Reinert Alumni Memorial Library at Creighton University. It grew out of the personal collection of fable materials gathered by Rev. Gregory Carlson, S.J. and was given to the Creighton Libraries in 1996. There are more than 10,000 books and approximately 8,000 artifacts in the collection.

From plates to stamps, from cards to whiskey decanters, from toys to posters, you'll find just about anything you can imagine here. Please explore all that is to offer here in my fables Catalogue of Objects.

This is the largest online catalog of fable related objects on the internet. Many are from Aesop's Fables but you will find La Fontaine, Velazquez and Krylov also represented in this collection.

Dates

1915

Extent

10 Cards

Language of Materials

English

Dutch; Flemish

Italian

Portuguese

Spanish; Castilian

Additional Description

Abstract

B1. "The Hen That Laid the Golden Eggs." A man smoking a pipe and dressed in a Kaiser helmet has killed a goose labeled "German Commerce." The goose's innards are graphically displayed. Nearby is a basket of golden eggs labeled "1912," "1913," and (cracked) "1914." A safe full of coins is open in the background. Series title: "Aesop's Fables Up to Date."

B2. "De Ken en de Gouden Eieren." A man smoking a pipe and dressed in a Kaiser helmet has killed a goose labeled "Comercio aleman." The goose's innards are graphically displayed. Nearby is a basket of golden eggs labeled "1912," "1913," and (cracked) "1914." A safe full of coins is open in the background. Series title: "De Lessen van Aesopus op Onzen tijd Toegepast."

B3. "Il Contadino e le Uova D'Oro." A man smoking a pipe and dressed in a Kaiser helmet has killed a goose labeled "Comercio aleman." The goose's innards are graphically displayed. Nearby is a basket of golden eggs labeled "1912," "1913," and (cracked) "1914." A safe full of coins is open in the background. The back of the card has the fable in Italian and then this explanation: "I tedeschi dominarono il commercio, cio che aveva procurato alla Germania enormi ricchezze; e queste furono distrutte dalla loro pazzesca cupidigia."

B4. "A Galinha e os Ovos de Ouro." A man smoking a pipe and dressed in a Kaiser helmet has killed a goose labeled "Comercio aleman." The goose's innards are graphically displayed. Nearby is a basket of golden eggs labeled "1912," "1913," and (cracked) "1914." A safe full of coins is open in the background. The back of the card has the fable in Portuguese and then this explanation: "O comercio maritimo alemão, manancial de tanta riqueza, queda por completo arruinado pela insana cobiça que impeliu a Alemanha a forçar esta guerra sobre a Europa." Series title: "As Fabulas de Aesopo Modernisadas."

B5. "La Gallina de los Huevos de Oro." A man smoking a pipe and dressed in a Kaiser helmet has killed a goose labeled "Comercio aleman." The goose's innards are graphically displayed. Nearby is a basket of golden eggs labeled "1912," "1913," and (cracked) "1914." A safe full of coins is open in the background. The back of the card has the fable in Spanish and then this explanation: "El comercio ultramarino alemán que había hecho tan rica a Alemania, ha quedado completamente destruido por la loca avaricia que le impulsó a desencadenar la guerra en Europa." Series title: "Actualidad de Esopo."

Immediate Source of Acquisition

$11.17 as part of a complete set from Susan Brouwer, Hesperia, CA, through Ebay, July, '00. Extra exemplar for $10.45 from Philip Weyland, Downey, CA, through Ebay, Oct., '01.

Gift of Jerry McKevitt, Feb., '96. Extra copy for $25 at Sacramento Paper Show, Dec., '96.

12,000 Lire at the Porta Portese flea market, August, '98.

$25 from Dick Lightle, Shawnee, KS, Sept., '99.

$14.25 from "Dittos," Grayland, WA, through Ebay, Feb., '02. Extra copy for $8.50 from marupostcards in Uruguay through Ebay, Jan., '21.