Baby congratulations card
Hallmark Cards Inc.
Category
Ephemera
Date
circa 1956
Materials
Paper
Measurements
115 mm (width); 135 mm (length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671197.2
Summary
One of a set of three baby congratulations cards from the 1950s. The card is folded paper, printed with coloured images of pink and blue baby clothes, some with flocked detailing. A poem is printed starting on the front and continues inside the card. The card also opens to reveal a picture of a baby girl lying on a blanket and cushion.
Provenance
Given to donor's parents on her birth on 14.2.1956, and donated to the National Trust Museum of Childhood by Mrs Sue Fraser in August 2012.
Marks and inscriptions
On the back of the card: 'Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. / FINE ART PUBLISHERS BY APPOINTMENT / TO THE LATE KING GEORGE VI / THE LATE QUEEN MARY / AND TO H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER'
Makers and roles
Hallmark Cards Inc., producer