Flower cart postcard
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A postcard made of paper and decorated with movable celluloid parts on the front. The celluloid parts are a wagon filled with flowers, pulled by two birds holding the traces in their beaks. The decorative parts have been hand-painted. The birds fold back behind the wagon in order to mail the card. A message and an address are on the back. The card is also stamped and the stamp has been cancelled.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Mail
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Communications
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.0096
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0096
objectType: label: Object Name
content: postcard
label: Object Name
content: post card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 cm x 14 cm; 3 9/16 in x 5 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in x 3/8 in; 8.89 cm x 13.97 cm x .9525 cm