Shreddies, 1964

File — Box: CFC Trade Cards Box 3

Identifier: CFC2018.0421

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

1964

Extent

6 Cards : Seven cards displaying each an Aesop fable on one side and a La Fontaine fable on the obverse. Shreddies. Litho in Canada. ©C. Julian Fish 1964. ; 4" x 6".

Language of Materials

French

English

Additional Description

Abstract

These seven cards are a pleasant surprise. Shreddies are apparently a Post production in the British Commonwealth. Bilingual cards make a great deal of sense in Canada. The fables on the two sides of the cards are not identical. In fact, none of the twelve fables overlap. The cards show a nice variety in their visual arrangements and even styles. The lower right features a short bio and a bust of the author on each page of his series.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Six cards for $27.95 from Melodee Faith, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, through eBay, Feb., '09. Six more cards, including two of "The Lark and Her Young Ones" with ""Let Petit Poisson et le Pêcheur" for $39.20 from Simon Bourque, Quebec, through Ebay, May, '20.