Celluloid Post Card

Description (Brief):

A celluloid postcard or carte postale, made in France. The front is decorated with a pop-up design: a hanging basket, made of paper, and three large flowers, with attached butterflies, dangling off it by silk ribbons. If you pull a ribbon at the top, the flowers holding the butterflies unfold and move the butterflies up.

Date Made: 1908

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: France

Subject: Mail

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See more items in: Medicine and Science: Chemistry, Celluloid, Communications

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2006.0098.0036Catalog Number: 2006.0098.0036Accession Number: 2006.0098

Object Name: postcard

Physical Description: cellulose nitrate (overall material)paper (decoration material)silk (decoration material)Measurements: overall: 13.5 cm x 8.5 cm; 5 5/16 in x 3 3/8 inoverall: 5 3/4 in x 3 7/16 in x 1/4 in; 14.605 cm x 8.73125 cm x .635 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-1219-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1316756

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