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Oversize Rosh Hashanah greeting cards, circa 1900

 Box — Box: 68

Scope and Contents

Contains large, three-dimensional fold-out, pop-up Rosh Hashanah cards, elaborately decorated with detailed scenes and multiple pieces. The cards bear New Year's greetings in English and Hebrew and commonly feature the following motifs: ships, floral decoration, birds (most frequently doves and swans), the blessing of children, sweet foods traditionally eaten to celebrate the new year, life cycle events, religious rituals (blowing the shofar, reading the Torah, tashlikh, havdalah), scenes of Tel Aviv, and various modes of transportation, such as cars and trains. Some cards are pasted to sheets of black paper.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1900

Creator

Language of Material

From the Collection:

Materials in Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian, and Yiddish

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 81.5 linear feet (58 flat boxes, 5 postcard boxes, 28 document boxes, 1 slim document box, 38 oversize folders)

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Special Collections
College of Charleston Libraries
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Charleston South Carolina 29424
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