A one-page, pale pink paper card with thin gold trim; in the top left corner there is an illustration of a butterfly on a small bouquet of pink, blue and red flowers with green leaves against a black circular background; a second bouquet of only three flowers against a circular black background app…
A one-page, pale pink paper card with thin gold trim; in the top left corner there is an illustration of a butterfly on a small bouquet of pink, blue and red flowers with green leaves against a black circular background; a second bouquet of only three flowers against a circular black background appears in the right corner; card is printed with a poem in black lettering.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Owned and used by Nora Valleau, Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1928 Graduate.
The card refers to Valleau's graduation in May of 1928
Material
paper: pale pink
ink: black, pink, green, yellow, blue
Inscriptions
"CONGRATULATIONS // TO YOU // May this joy that comes to // you // Be like a sunny ray // That never fades or dims its // light, // But shines through every // day."; signed in ink as "B Bailne" (?); reverse, at bottom, "10742 HANDPAINTED // RUST CRAFT BOSTON U.S.A."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box 7
Length
12.5 cm
Width
9.9 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 12.5 cm. x Width 9.9 cm.
Condition Remarks
Surface exhibits some grime; top right corner has had a small (2 mm) portion folded forward; reverse has a partially rubbed-out pencil mark (?) on top left corner
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Newsletter
Reference Comments
NEWS-LETTER, DEDHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM, "THE RUST CRAFT GREETING CARD COMPANY", http://dedhamhistorical.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/January-2017-Newsletter.pdf
Research Facts
The Rust Craft Greeting Card Company began in 1906 as a bookshop in Kansas City, Missouri. Fred Winslow Rust, owner of the bookshop, created and printed what was believed to be the first Christmas card, with a brief message in two colors on heavy tan paper. The company introduced Braille cards for the visually impaired. They later moved to Boston.