French MM card advertising "Beef-LaVoix, Vin-Viande, Quina-Phosphate.", 1890
Scope and Contents
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
- 1890
Extent
1 Cards : One colored French MM card advertising "Beef-LaVoix, Vin-Viande, Quina-Phosphate." (Are those three different things?) The image is marked "Faux Pas." Printed by H. Laas, Paris. ; 2½" x 3⅞".
Language of Materials
French
Abstract
The milkmaid here is a young girl carrying an umbrella and a basket in addition to the jug on her head. The card seems to have some text cropped, though the borders on the image side seem appropriate as the card is.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
50 Francs from Annick Tilly at the Clignancourt flea market, August, '99.
Source
- Annick Tilly (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository