Greeting card bowl

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

ca. 1940, undated

GUSN

GUSN-368742

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Ephemera collection
Greeting cards
Greeting card bowl
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Greeting cards
  - Greeting card sample books
  - Halloween cards
  - Greeting card bowl (current record)
  - Temporary

Description

Six sided bowl created with holiday greeting cards. Each side is hand stitched with a light, olive green thread. Cards depict christmas gifts, winter and outdoor scenes, animated birds and a young girl wearing a dress and matching hat while carrying flowers.l

Details

Descriptive Terms

greeting cards
thread
Arts and Crafts (movement)
printed ephemera
holidays
birds (motifs)
winter
girls
greeting cards
printed ephemera
bowls (vessels)
paper (fiber product)

Physical Descrption

0.67 Linear feet; 1 photo box

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

10/24/2020

Reference Code

EP001.05.03

Acqusition Type

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Christopher Monkhouse, 2020

Record Details

Material Type

greeting cards
printed ephemera
bowls (vessels)
paper (fiber product)

Subjects

Bowl
Holiday
Paper

Restrictions

some yellowing of cards

Description Level

Sub-series

Language Note

Cards are entirely in English

Processing Information

Donna E. Russo

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