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Items with subject 'Postcards'
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Allen Family Collection
by Allen, Larry; Mills, George S. (1904 – 1995)
2 boxes, 1 oversize box (1.25 linear feet)
This is a collection of maps, postcards, flyers, catalogs and other local ephemera accumulated by Florence Elizabeth Pruitt (Allen) over the course of her life. The date range of the materials runs from 1904 to 1995.
De Bezige Bij (The Busy Bee) Cartoons
by Links, Karel (1945)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These 12 color cartoon postcards were published in 1945 by De Bezige Bij (The Busy Bee) in German-occupied Holland. The Dutch cartoonist, Karel Links, created the anti-Nazi underground cartoons, which is titled "Het is Niet Waar...Dat Hebben We Niet Gewild" ("It's not true...We did not want that!"). The images depict the Nazis taking items such as radio sets, bicycles, copper and brass objects, and even dogs.
'Happy Holidays' Photographic Postcard
by Unknown (Undated)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This "Happy Holidays" Photographic Postcard shows three African-American soldiers around a tent.
'Merry Christmas' Photographic Postcard
by Unknown (circa 1950s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This photographic postcard, which states "Merry Christmas," shows an African-American couple-- the Carters-- in front of their home holding Christmas ornaments.
'Slam the Axis' Postcards
by Unknown (1943)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These six Second World War postcards depict Uncle Sam defeating or humiliating the leaders of the Axis powers in various ways. Only two of the six postcards do not depict or reference Uncle Sam.
'The Call of the East' Postcard
by Unknown (circa 1900s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This racist postcard depicts a white man calling for a Chinese boy to serve him with the caption, "The Call of the East."
20th Century Postcard Album
by Unknown (1906 – 1960s)
5 folders (0.5 linear feet)
This 20th century postcard album contains approximately 274 individual postcards and 14 multiple postcard collections that date between 1906 and the 1960s. Many of the postcards include correspondence and significant portions are addressed to the same individual (Julia Francis of Woodhaven, Long Island, New York). The postcards depict scenes from both World Wars, buildings and scenery in America and Europe, photographs of the sender, seasonal imagery, and racist depictions of African Americans. There are also several different types of formats that the postcards are presented in, such as raised decorations, wood, silk, embroidery, and one of a woman with wool hair. There is no apparent arrangement of the postcards.
African American Family Postcard
by Unknown (circa 1910)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This photographic postcard depicts an unidentified African American family outside of a building.
African American Man Postcard
by Unknown (circa 1910s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This photographic postcard depicts a seated African American man wearing a suit.
African American Portrait Postcards
by Unknown (circa 1910s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These photographic postcards depict African American people individually and in groups. One postcard featuring a man in a suit was taken in Chicago, Illinois.
Alumni collection
by Salisbury University Alumni Association; Salisbury University Office of Alumni Relations (1926 – 2005)
5 boxes (4.25 linear feet)
The Salisbury University Alumni Association was founded to “develop and foster an abiding loyalty to Salisbury University; promote a professional and ethical spirit; encourage active participation in all activities that pertain to the betterment and growth of the University; unite graduates and undergraduates in Salisbury University; and take such other actions as may be deemed appropriate to promote the interests and welfare of Salisbury University.” (From the Salisbury University Alumni Association website.) The association achieves their mission by hosting events throughout the country to unite alumni, hosting reunions, and distributing newsletters. The association encourages its members to send notices of nuptials, births, and other lifetime achievements for publishing in the association’s newsletter. The Alumni Collection contains proposed constitutions, Alumni Association history, membership and reunion directories, invitations to reunions and other alumni events, wedding and birth announcements, postcards, ephemera, newspaper clippings, newsletters from 1950 to 2005, and a medal commemorating the completion of the Alumni House in 1996. Documents surrounding the Alumni Association’s induction ceremonies from 1931 to 1951 are present.
American Propaganda Leaflet
by Unknown (circa 1944)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This leaflet was created by the United States and distributed to Japanese citizens during the Second World War.