Jubile, 1920

File — Box: CFC Trade Cards Box 4

Identifier: CFC2018.0450

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

1920

Extent

22 Cards : Twenty-two monochromatic cards depicting fables of La Fontaine. Jubilé: "Garantit la Qualité – Waarborgt de Kwaliteit." Slightly larger than 2" x 3¼". The cards came in corners placed on loose 6¾"x 9¼" album sheets, with titles apparently cropped from the backs of identical cards. ; 2" x 3¼"

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Abstract

The cards are tan, and the ink is a brownish black. The designs--many of which are signed "P.S."—seem rudimentary to me. There is enough of the scene to understand what is taking place, but little interpretation or wit expressed. The verso contains the Jubilé logo and motto at the top and the title and a moral at the bottom.

2P

Cochet, Chat, et Souriceau

FC

FG

FM

Heron

Laboureur et Enfants

MM

Petit Poisson et Pecheur

Renard et Bouc

TB

BF

Chat et Vieux Rat

FS

Lion et Moucheron

LM

Loup, Chevre et Chevreau

MSA

OF

TH

TMCM

WL