Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Card, Greeting |
Date |
ca. 1880-1915 |
Description |
Greeting card (probably a valentine); folded and die-cut paper with hearts, flowers and arrows in blue and white, with applied die-cut flowers in shades of red and green. Printed inscriptions in hearts: "The carrier dove through / Azure blue / On pinions strong and / Fast, Flies faster as he nears / The goal, his / Home at last." and "The traveller from distant / Lands, / From dangers overpast, / Thinks of his own / As dearest, best, / Sweet home / At last." The paper is folded along the right edge of the cover and the inside is blank. The reverse side has handwritten inscription in ink: "Munroe's love." (Keyword: Holiday) |
Acquisition |
From Alice Austen |
Ownership and History |
This card is part of a collection of personal items that came to the Staten Island Historical Society from photographer Alice Austen in 1945. |
Earliest Date |
1880 |
Latest Date |
1915 |
Material |
Paper |
Subjects |
Greeting cards Valentines Hearts Flowers Ephemera Holidays |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Austen, E. Alice |
Catalog Number |
45.002.0042 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, January 2015. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |