Colyer and Co. of Newark and Blue Front, Tortoise and Hare, 1900
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
- 1900
Extent
1 Cards : One TH card advertising Colyer and Co. of Newark and Blue Front, Somerville, NJ, sellers of fine clothing. ; Just over 2" x 3½.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Here, as elsewhere, the hare rides the tortoise as a rider rides a horse. Grasshoppers look on. Is this kind of representation supposed to recall Aesop's TH?
Immediate Source of Acquisition
From Lobo8 through eBay?
Source
- Lobo8 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository