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[Leopold Ettlinger collection of Victorian postcards, greeting cards and print ephemera].
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Title:

[Leopold Ettlinger collection of Victorian postcards, greeting cards and print ephemera]

Creator/Contributor:

Ettlinger, Leopold, creator, creator.

Creator/Contributor:

Raphael Tuck & Sons, publisher.

Abstract:

Illustrated Victorian-era postcards, holiday cards, birth announcements, and other greeting cards. Some illustrations are humorous. Includes a few Tuck's postcards.

Date:

1890 (issued)

Subject:

Art, Victorian -- Pictorial works
Victoriana -- Specimens
English wit and humor, Pictorial

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Collected by Leopold Ettlinger, who once lived in Birmingham, England, to where many of the postcards are addressed.
Most cards were published and/or printed in England.
Most postcards includes messages and were posted.
Includes several cards with embossing, die-cut ornamentation, hand-coloring, and other decorative processes. Includes several real photo postcards.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use
Leopold Ettlinger collection of Victorian postcards, greeting cards and print ephemera, BANC PIC 2014.127, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

graphic
Postcards-England.
Greeting cards-England.

Physical Description:

print
approximately 150 prints in 1 box : various print processes, color and black & white ; various sizes

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use