How wonderful! I recognized the artwork immediately, but couldn't place the artist until I saw M.E.P.--that's Margaret Evans Price, children's book illustrator, wife of the founder of Fisher Price. Terrific find.
The tradition to send Easter postcards to relatives and friends developed in the end of the 19th century. During the year 1898 there were only a few Easter cards sent but the amount of sent Easter cards raised in the following years worldwide. Soon it was courteous and polite to send Easter postcards. In the beginning, monochrome as well as colored cards were printed. Most of the time in the center of the cards was an oversized colored egg.
In the years around 1910 on the cards were mainly monochrome pictures which were sometimes colored with children in the context with lambs, chickens, ducks and eggs. Young girls were a symbol for luck and hope. The Easter bunny which was a personified symbol of fruitfulness was often portrayed with eggs. German publishers were leading in the production of Easter postcards before the first world war.
Once you begin to move beyond basic background information, you begin to realize that there’s more to Post Cards than you may have first thought.
By Anders Eriksson
12 comments:
I've always loved the "dress blowing in the wind" type of postcard. It really captures Easter weather - at least up here in Quebec!
Evelyn in Montreal
A delicate and beautiful postcard. I also loved your history of sending easter postcards. Happy easter and PFF.
Lovely card, and I love to learn more about why? Thank You. My post is here.
Lovely Easter Postcard, and thanks for the little history lesson, I always love that!
Thank you for the history on Easter postcards. I really enjoyed learning about this. Though I've collected postcards all my life, it is only in recent days I've dealved into the history behind them.
Lovely postcard--with our impending windstorm, this truly fits the day!
Happy PFF!
Howdy
Happy PFF to you .
Oh my goodness this was truly a delighful postcard.
Simply adorable vintage girl,and
I love the colors.
Thank you so much for sharing
the history of Easter postcards.
It is so much fun to learn more about postcards.
Wishing you a safe and
Happy Easter.
Blessings of joy to you and yours.
Happy Trails
I've always wondered about the prevalence of Easter cards. Lovely breezy card.
Some countries had monochrome postcards around 1910, but the cards sent in the United States were usually very colorful and printed in Germany.
Thanks for the history! I live in Chicago but visit my father in Seattle frequently. Some day maybe I'll make it by your shop. Happy PFF.
We've got blustery easter weather in San Francisco this weekend, too.
Happy Easter!
How wonderful! I recognized the artwork immediately, but couldn't place the artist until I saw M.E.P.--that's Margaret Evans Price, children's book illustrator, wife of the founder of Fisher Price. Terrific find.
What a wonderful card! I have found and kept postcards ... have been fascinated by them ... most of my life. But, like Beth, I never really cared about the history behind them until recently. Which is why I appreciate this wonderful postcard history you shared!
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