Division of Domestic Life Greeting Card Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.))
label: Creator
content: Norcross Greeting Card Company (West Chester (Pa.))
label: Creator
content: Prang, Louis, fl. 1880-1900
label: Creator
content: Rust Craft Greeting Card Company (Dedham (Mass.))
label: Creator
content: Rust Craft Greeting Card Company (West Chester (Pa.))
label: Creator
content: Tuck, Raphael, fl. 1880s
label: Creator
content: Ward, Marcus, fl. 1880s
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Domestic Life
topic: label: Topic
content: Christmas
label: Topic
content: Holidays in art -- 1850-1980
label: Topic
content: Holidays
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These cards are from a variety of donors and accessions, from the 1960s through the 1970s.
creator: label: Creator
content: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.))
label: Creator
content: Norcross Greeting Card Company (West Chester (Pa.))
label: Creator
content: Prang, Louis, fl. 1880-1900
label: Creator
content: Rust Craft Greeting Card Company (Dedham (Mass.))
label: Creator
content: Rust Craft Greeting Card Company (West Chester (Pa.))
label: Creator
content: Tuck, Raphael, fl. 1880s
label: Creator
content: Ward, Marcus, fl. 1880s
setName: label: See more items in
content: Division of Domestic Life Greeting Card Collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Cubic feet (18 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: ca. 1854-1975.
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Domestic Life ((now Division of Cultural and Community Life).
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0109
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Greeting cards
label: Type
content: Valentines
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series. Arranged roughly by type.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Catherine Keen, 1995
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Greeting cards -- 1850-1980
label: Genre/Form
content: Valentines
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Includes greeting cards primarily filed by season or occasion and by name of designer/manufacturer, e.g., Valentines, Christmas cards, and cards by Louis Prang, Raphael Tuck, Marcus Ward, and a number of 20th century designers and manufacturers. Includes mechanical, hand-drawn, cutout, and fringed cards. Also other types of material, such as postcards, calling cards, and scrapbooks of cards.