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- Trade Card for Rosenbloom Brothers, Providence, Rhode Island, 1882 - Business establishments during the 1870s to 1890s readily embraced illustrations of popular holidays to market their goods and services. Taking advantage of new color printing methods, companies placed these small trade cards in their product packages or sent them to local merchants to distribute. For advertising during the spring, they used images symbolic of the season, such as flowers, eggs, children, birds, and rabbits.
- 1882
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Trade Card for Rosenbloom Brothers, Providence, Rhode Island, 1882
Business establishments during the 1870s to 1890s readily embraced illustrations of popular holidays to market their goods and services. Taking advantage of new color printing methods, companies placed these small trade cards in their product packages or sent them to local merchants to distribute. For advertising during the spring, they used images symbolic of the season, such as flowers, eggs, children, birds, and rabbits.
- Easter Greeting Card, "Sweet Peace Within Your Heart Remain Till Sunny Easter Comes Again," 1905 - 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.
- circa 1905
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Easter Greeting Card, "Sweet Peace Within Your Heart Remain Till Sunny Easter Comes Again," 1905
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.
- Easter Telegram, "Easter Greeting by Western Union," 1938 - Telegraph companies in the early 20th century wanted people to send more telegrams, but many average Americans were wary of them -- the few these customers received (or sent) usually relayed urgent, sometimes tragic, news. Telegraph companies created colorful telegrams with matching envelopes to convey good wishes especially for holidays. These designs helped allay the recipient's fear of receiving bad news.
- April 08, 1938
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Easter Telegram, "Easter Greeting by Western Union," 1938
Telegraph companies in the early 20th century wanted people to send more telegrams, but many average Americans were wary of them -- the few these customers received (or sent) usually relayed urgent, sometimes tragic, news. Telegraph companies created colorful telegrams with matching envelopes to convey good wishes especially for holidays. These designs helped allay the recipient's fear of receiving bad news.
- Advertisement for Whitman's Chocolates, March 1934, "The Thing to Do...Take...Give...Send Whitman's Chocolates for Easter" -
- March 31, 1934
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Advertisement for Whitman's Chocolates, March 1934, "The Thing to Do...Take...Give...Send Whitman's Chocolates for Easter"
- Student Drawing on a Blackboard, Saline School, Saline, Michigan, March 1946 -
- March 08, 1946
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Student Drawing on a Blackboard, Saline School, Saline, Michigan, March 1946
- Megalethoscope Slide, "Benediction of the Pope from St. Peter's on Easter Sunday" - Invented by Carlo Ponti in the early 1860s, a megalethoscope is a device used to view a translucent, multilayered photograph. By opening or closing various panels, a person saw the image change. When lit from behind, pinpricks and paint or colored tissue applied to the back or a secondary layer of the photograph transform the scene to reveal hidden images and create an illusion of nighttime.
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Megalethoscope Slide, "Benediction of the Pope from St. Peter's on Easter Sunday"
Invented by Carlo Ponti in the early 1860s, a megalethoscope is a device used to view a translucent, multilayered photograph. By opening or closing various panels, a person saw the image change. When lit from behind, pinpricks and paint or colored tissue applied to the back or a secondary layer of the photograph transform the scene to reveal hidden images and create an illusion of nighttime.
- Easter Greeting Card, "Wishing You Easter Joy," circa 1960 - 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.
- circa 1960
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Easter Greeting Card, "Wishing You Easter Joy," circa 1960
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.
- Hallmark "Springtime Egg" Easter Ornament, 1992 - Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. These ornaments appealed to customers' interest in marking memories, commemorating milestones, and expressing one's personality and unique tastes. This success led the company to produce ornaments for other holidays. Hallmark marketed and sold Easter and springtime ornaments in several series dating back to the 1990s.
- 1992
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Hallmark "Springtime Egg" Easter Ornament, 1992
Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. These ornaments appealed to customers' interest in marking memories, commemorating milestones, and expressing one's personality and unique tastes. This success led the company to produce ornaments for other holidays. Hallmark marketed and sold Easter and springtime ornaments in several series dating back to the 1990s.
- Hallmark "Daughter" Easter Ornament, 1993 - Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. These ornaments appealed to customers' interest in marking memories, commemorating milestones, and expressing one's personality and unique tastes. This success led the company to produce ornaments for other holidays. Hallmark marketed and sold Easter and springtime ornaments in several series dating back to the 1990s.
- 1993
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Hallmark "Daughter" Easter Ornament, 1993
Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. These ornaments appealed to customers' interest in marking memories, commemorating milestones, and expressing one's personality and unique tastes. This success led the company to produce ornaments for other holidays. Hallmark marketed and sold Easter and springtime ornaments in several series dating back to the 1990s.
- Hallmark "Son" Easter Ornament, 1993 - Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. These ornaments appealed to customers' interest in marking memories, commemorating milestones, and expressing one's personality and unique tastes. This success led the company to produce ornaments for other holidays. Hallmark marketed and sold Easter and springtime ornaments in several series dating back to the 1990s.
- 1993
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Hallmark "Son" Easter Ornament, 1993
Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. These ornaments appealed to customers' interest in marking memories, commemorating milestones, and expressing one's personality and unique tastes. This success led the company to produce ornaments for other holidays. Hallmark marketed and sold Easter and springtime ornaments in several series dating back to the 1990s.