- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- Clan Gordon
- Creator:
- Valentine's Co. Ltd. (London, England)
- Publisher:
- London, England: Valentine's Co. Ltd.
- Date of Original:
- 1900
- Subject:
- Clans--Scotland
Gordon family
Tartans--Scotland
Postcards--Scotland - Location:
- United Kingdom, Scotland, 56.0, -4.0
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (color, divided back, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches) titled Clan Gordon –The inset shows a depiction of a clansman dressed in the Gordon tartan. Text on reverse: The Clan Gordon – The badge of this celebrated Clan is the Ivy, and its war cry “A Gordon! A Gordon!” which slogan has been heard on many battlefields in many climes. Two famous regiments have been raised from this Clan – the old “81st” and the “92nd” or Gordon Highlanders – regiments famous for valour in every war. These are the heroes of Dargai. Their quick step, “The Cock o’ the North.” *Note: The Valentine Company, a lithographic printing firm, was founded in 1825 in Dundee, Scotland by John Valentine. His son James became an early pioneer of photography and by the 1860’s his work was being reproduced by the Valentine Company as prints and stereo-views. In 1880 Valentine began producing Christmas cards and by 1896 they began printing postcards. Up until 1882 they had only published views of Scotland. Colourtone cards were issued in the 1930’s and printed at tinted halftones. They continue using lithographic dots of fawn rather than yellow, and their blues and reds tend to be distinct. They are distinguished by thick Tartan patterned borders with symbolic elements added.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-412
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-412#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-412/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : col. ill.
- Original Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
- Rights:
-
