Two "Rewards of Merit" green cards, 1880
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.
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Dates
- 1880
Extent
2 Cards : 2 cards from the green set by Wemple and Kronheim, stamped "Reward of Merit."
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
These cards of "The Two Dogs" and "The Dog and His Master's Dinner" include a prose text of the fable on the back side. I believe that the two cards did not come from the same printing, since they use different typeface for "Reward of Merit" and since their ink's hue tends to green and to blue, respectively.
The Dog and His Master's Dinner
The Two Dogs
Immediate Source of Acquisition
$2.50 each from Postcard Canada, Burlington, Ontario, Jan., '00.
Source
- Postcard Canada (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository