Fringed New Year Postcard, c.1870-1890

Name/Title

Fringed New Year Postcard, c.1870-1890

Entry/Object ID

2025.0.9

Tags

1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 19th Century

Description

Fringed double-sided Victorian New Year card by an unknown publisher. One side shows colorful speckled eggs enclosed within a white cloth with pink flowers, possibly peach blossoms, in the left corner. The other side shows colorful speckled eggs in a decorative bowl with snowdrops and apple blossoms. "May New Year Bring You Happiness and Mirth" is printed in the bottom margin on both sides. The card is bordered in white silk fringe.

Category

Ephemera, Postcards
Archives

Acquisition

Accession

2025.0

Source or Donor

Unknown

Location

Location

Room

Elizabeth Nord Library & Archives

Building

Shaker Historical Society

Date

December 22, 2025