Easter Greeting Postcard, circa 1910

Summary

Sending greeting cards and postcards for the Easter holiday became popular in the United States by the 1880s. Publishers made cards with themes of a religious nature as well as secular decorations to celebrate the arrival of spring. Artists working for these publishers illustrated the cards with images symbolic of the season, such as crosses, angels, flowers, eggs, children, birds, and rabbits.

Sending greeting cards and postcards for the Easter holiday became popular in the United States by the 1880s. Publishers made cards with themes of a religious nature as well as secular decorations to celebrate the arrival of spring. Artists working for these publishers illustrated the cards with images symbolic of the season, such as crosses, angels, flowers, eggs, children, birds, and rabbits.

Artifact

Postcard

Date Made

circa 1910

Creators

S. B. (Firm) 

Place of Creation

Germany 

Creator Notes

Published by S.B. Printed in Germany.

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

90.234.13

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 5.5 in

Width: 3.5 in

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