"Le Laboureur et ses Enfants," two trade cards, 1920
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
- 1920
Extent
2 Cards : One colored card with a portrait panel of La Fontaine on the left and a picture panel on the right of "Le Laboureur et ses Enfants," including a moral. An apparent advertising panel above is empty. The verso contains again La Fontaine's name and dates and a paragraph on his work.
Language of Materials
French
Abstract
The card seems to belong to something like a series of great French writers. The worker's sons pay more attention than I would have expected. Perhaps they have already heard the magic word "treasure"! It is surprising that the card bears no advertising at all.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
27 Francs from Annick Tilly, Clignancourt, August, '01. Extra copy advertising "A la belle Jardinière" chicoree offered by C. Beriot, Lille, for €3 from François Magnin, Paris Post Card Exhibition, Jan., '05.
Source
- Annick Tilly (Person)
- François Magnin (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository