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Greeting cards

Illustrated piece of card or high quality paper featuring an expression of friendship or other sentiment

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Images from the collections

Images of Greeting cards

50 images from works
  • A man holding a trumpet, with flowers, celebrating Saint Cecilia's day. Coloured photographic postcard, 1931.
  • Golden Wonder : Britain's noisiest crisps : salt & vinegar flavour potato crisps / Nigel Ball Associates Ltd.
  • A man holding flowers and a horseshoe; representing a romantic new year. Coloured photographic postcard, 192-.
  • A man admiring a bowl of flowers. Coloured photographic postcard, 192-.
  • [British Red Cross Society greetings card of recruiting poster by Norman Rockwell asking people to "Join the Red Cross"].
  • [British Red Cross Society greetings card of a World War 2 recruiting poster asking for volunteers].
  • A young man holding flowers and smiling; with Happy Easter wishes in gold. Coloured photographic postcard, 192-.
  • A man holding three fish and some flowers; the fish representing "poissons d'avril" (April fool's jokes). Coloured photographic postcard, 192-.
  • A man holding a clarinet to celebrate Saint Cecilia's Day. Photographic postcard, 192-.
  • A man holding a clarinet, celebrating Saint Cecilia's Day. Coloured photographic postcard, 1934.
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Images about Greeting cards

8 images from works
  • Goodies by the handful / The Terrence Higgins Trust.
  • Goodies by the handful / The Terrence Higgins Trust.
  • Goodies by the handful / The Terrence Higgins Trust.
  • Goodies by the handful / The Terrence Higgins Trust.
  • Goodies by the handful / The Terrence Higgins Trust.
  • Goodies by the handful / The Terrence Higgins Trust.
  • Goodies by the handful / The Terrence Higgins Trust.
  • Goodies by the handful / The Terrence Higgins Trust.

Works from the collections

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Works about this type/technique

34 works

    • Ephemera

    Birth ephemera. Box 1.

    • Ephemera

    Different families same love / Stonewall.

    | Date: [2011]
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    A rose with lettering. Coloured cut paper work with letterpress.

    | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 29651i
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    A young man holding a decorated model of a fish representing "poissons d'avril" (April fool's jokes). Colour photographic postcard, 192-.

    | Date: [between 1920 and 1929?] | Reference: 2058851i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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    A man holding an accordion with flowers, celebrating Saint Cecilia's Day. Colour photographic postcard, 192-.

    | Date: [between 1920 and 1929?] | Reference: 2058913i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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Related topics

United Kingdom
Saint Cecilia's Day
Family Relations
Red Cross
Family
Gay rights
Equality
Stonewall Group
British Red Cross
Poster

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