French Gold, three cards, 1880

File — Box: CFC Trade Cards Box 5

Identifier: CFC2018.0478.28-30

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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

1880

Extent

3 Cards : 3 cards (below) picturing La Fontaine fable scenes against a gold background. Two advertise, respectively, Lowell Lake, Chester, VT, and Bousquin, "Le Meilleur Déjeuner des Enfants." The third is untitled and unmarked. The Bosquin card was printed by Bognard in Paris. ; 2½" x 4".

Language of Materials

French

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Lowell card pictures "Le Lièvre et les Grenouilles." Its back side gives dates for the season from 1880 through 1884, the proprietor's name, and the post office address. It mentions "Billiards, Bowling, Boating and other amusements that are usually found at summer resorts." Why would a resort like this hand out cards with a title in French? The Bousquin card, "Les deux Chèvres," praises its children's food products and gives the numbers for its address in Galerie Vivienne both before and after the place name.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

$5 for the Lowell Lake card in Chelsea, NY, April, '97; 40 Francs for the Bosquin card from Annick Tilly at Clignancourt, August, '99; 30 Francs for the blank card at Clignancourt, August, '99.