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Ballard La Fontaine Lapel Pins, 2000

 Item — Box: CFC Artifact Box 4
Identifier: CFC2022.0084.1-7

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

  • 2000

Extent

1" Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

€19.90 from Mabillon75 through Ebay, May, '22.

Appraisal

It took me a while to figure out OR. Ballard seems to have been known -- or to be known now -- for its lapel pins. Here are seven of La Fontaine's most beloved fables rendered in pins.

Physical Description

Cartoon depictions of different fables with metal backing

Source

  • Printed Fables Webpage

Repository Details

Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository

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