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- Trade Catalog for Christmas Cards by Karl Koehler, "A Bright New Star," circa 1952 - Karl Koehler designed three-dimensional Christmas cards in the late 1940s and 1950s. He folded, scored, and snipped paper printed with his artwork, then assembled the cards in his studio. Koehler's creations folded flat for mailing, but when opened they brought unexpected joy with their pop-out shapes. Holiday shoppers found his line of "Mantelpiece" cards at high-end department stores throughout the country.
- circa 1952
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Catalog for Christmas Cards by Karl Koehler, "A Bright New Star," circa 1952
Karl Koehler designed three-dimensional Christmas cards in the late 1940s and 1950s. He folded, scored, and snipped paper printed with his artwork, then assembled the cards in his studio. Koehler's creations folded flat for mailing, but when opened they brought unexpected joy with their pop-out shapes. Holiday shoppers found his line of "Mantelpiece" cards at high-end department stores throughout the country.
- Trade Catalog for Karl Koehler's Mantelpiece Cards, 1953 - Karl Koehler designed three-dimensional Christmas cards in the late 1940s and 1950s. He folded, scored, and snipped paper printed with his artwork, then assembled the cards in his studio. Koehler's creations folded flat for mailing, but when opened they brought unexpected joy with their pop-out shapes. Holiday shoppers found his line of "Mantelpiece" cards at high-end department stores throughout the country.
- 1953
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Catalog for Karl Koehler's Mantelpiece Cards, 1953
Karl Koehler designed three-dimensional Christmas cards in the late 1940s and 1950s. He folded, scored, and snipped paper printed with his artwork, then assembled the cards in his studio. Koehler's creations folded flat for mailing, but when opened they brought unexpected joy with their pop-out shapes. Holiday shoppers found his line of "Mantelpiece" cards at high-end department stores throughout the country.
- Layout for Heinz 50th Anniversary New Years Greeting Card, December 18, 1919 - The H.J. Heinz Company had humble beginnings in 1869 and has since become one of the most recognized names in the food industry today. This artifact, from the H.J. Heinz Company Collection, is one from The Henry Ford's sizeable collection of material dedicated to telling the company's history of innovative business practices and marketing techniques.
- December 18, 1919
- Collections - Artifact
Layout for Heinz 50th Anniversary New Years Greeting Card, December 18, 1919
The H.J. Heinz Company had humble beginnings in 1869 and has since become one of the most recognized names in the food industry today. This artifact, from the H.J. Heinz Company Collection, is one from The Henry Ford's sizeable collection of material dedicated to telling the company's history of innovative business practices and marketing techniques.
- Catalog of Valentines for 1886 for Sale at Manufacturer's Prices, Frank B. Taylor & Co., 1886 - Throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, family members and sweethearts commonly exchanged Valentine's Day greetings. Typical valentines were frilly and often depicted cherubs, birds, or flower garlands. This 1886 catalog lists a range of valentines printed by the McLoughlin Bros. publishing firm and sold by Frank B. Taylor & Co., a retailer in Jackson, Michigan.
- 1886
- Collections - Artifact
Catalog of Valentines for 1886 for Sale at Manufacturer's Prices, Frank B. Taylor & Co., 1886
Throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, family members and sweethearts commonly exchanged Valentine's Day greetings. Typical valentines were frilly and often depicted cherubs, birds, or flower garlands. This 1886 catalog lists a range of valentines printed by the McLoughlin Bros. publishing firm and sold by Frank B. Taylor & Co., a retailer in Jackson, Michigan.
- Hallmark "To My Gouda Friend" Christmas Ornament, 2005 - Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- 2005
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "To My Gouda Friend" Christmas Ornament, 2005
Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- Trade Card for G.P. Brown & Co., Plain School Cards and Christmas Cards, 1873-1893 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1873-1893
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for G.P. Brown & Co., Plain School Cards and Christmas Cards, 1873-1893
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Christmas Card with an Aerial View of the Kelley Farm, Rockville, Connecticut -
- 1948-1954
- Collections - Artifact
Christmas Card with an Aerial View of the Kelley Farm, Rockville, Connecticut
- "Personal Christmas Cards with Name Imprinted" -
- Collections - Artifact
"Personal Christmas Cards with Name Imprinted"
- Easter Greetings and Gatherings - Celebrate Easter with greeting cards, photographs, and trade cards from our collections.
- April 18, 2014
- Collections - Article
Easter Greetings and Gatherings
Celebrate Easter with greeting cards, photographs, and trade cards from our collections.
- Easter Greeting Card, "Easter Greeting," 1881 - 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.
- 1881
- Collections - Artifact
Easter Greeting Card, "Easter Greeting," 1881
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.