Tuck Tortoise and Eagle, 1915

File — Box: CFC Postcards Box 3

Identifier: CFC2018.0373.3

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

9 Cards

Language of Materials

English

Dutch; Flemish

Portuguese

Spanish; Castilian

Additional Description

Abstract

C1. "The Tortoise and the Eagle." This parody of "The Eagle and the Turtle," is explained well by the card itself: "Bulgaria, having let herself be dragged into the war by Germany, will have to pay the penalty for her own rash ambition." Series title: "Aesop's Fables Up to Date."

C2. "De Schildpad en de Arend." A parody of "The Eagle and the Turtle." See the adjacent English printing for the card's political application. Series title: "De Lessen van Aesopus op Onzen tijd Toegepast."

C3. "A Tartaruga e a Aguia." A parody of "The Eagle and the Turtle." Portuguese. See the adjacent English printing for the card's political application. Series title: "As Fabulas de Aesopo Modernisadas."

C4. "La Tortuga y el Águila." Spanish. See the adjacent English printing for the card's political application. Series title: "Actualidad de Esopo."