Tuck Tortoise and Hare, 1915

File — Box: CFC Postcards Box 3

Identifier: CFC2018.0374.6

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

Spanish; Castilian

Additional Description

Abstract

F1. "The Hare and the Tortoise." In this parody of TH, a large helmeted turtle with a number of countries' names written on its back ("Japan, Belgium, England, France, Russia") arrives before a German-coated rabbit at a flag-festooned memorial labeled "Victory." While the Allied turtle has weapons galore on its back, the German rabbit has a few small satchels labeled "Lies," "Poison," and "Asphyxiating Gases." Series title: "Aesop's Fables Up to Date."

F2. "De Haas en de Schildpad." In this Dutch parody of TH, a large helmeted turtle with a number of names written on its back ("Japan, Belgica, Inglaterra, Francia, Rusia" and more) arrives before a German-coated rabbit at a flag-festooned memorial labeled "Victoria." While the Allied turtle has weapons galore on its back, the German rabbit has a few small satchels labeled "Mentiras," "Veneno," and "Gases."

F3. "La Tortuga y la Liebre." Spanish. See the adjacent English printing for the card's political application. 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 exemplars for $11.25 from Carolyn Nimmer Dias through Ebay, March, '99; for $7.50 from Philip Weyland, Downey, CA, through Ebay, Nov., '01; and for $8 from Scott Zagoria, Arcata, CA, through Ebay, Sept., '01. Extra for $10 from Barbumer6, Jenkintown, PA, through eBay, March, '04.

Gift of Jerry McKevitt, Feb., '96.

$14.25 from "Dittos," Grayland, WA, through Ebay, Feb., '02. Extra copy for €14.06 from Akpool, Berlin, Jan., '20.