Postcard with movable parts
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A postcard made of paper and decorated with movable celluloid parts on the front. The decorative elements include a vase, with doves perched on its base. Inside the vase are pansies. It appears at first that there is one flower in the vase, but the pansies unfold to reveal two flowers behind the one in front. The flowers and other parts are hand-painted.
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: 2006.0098.0095
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0095
objectType: label: Object Name
content: post card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 cm x 8 cm; 5 1/2 in x 3 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm x 1.905 cm