Easter Greeting Card, "For Grandpa on Easter," circa 1955
THF114154 / Easter Greeting Card, "For Grandpa on Easter," circa 1955
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Artifact Overview
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 Details
Artifact
Easter card
Date Made
circa 1955
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
87.9.11.10
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Helen Hopkins.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 6.25 in
Width: 4 in
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Attributing human characteristics to animals and objects is a natural tendency, and a technique that artists and writers have used for centuries. Personification ascribes human emotions and values to inanimate beings. Anthropomorphism gives things human agency. Depictions appear in a variety of media, and the messages conveyed can be amusing, persuasive, and thought-provoking.