- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- Love's Message
- Creator:
- International Art Publishing Co. (New York, N. Y.)
- Publisher:
- New York, NY: International Art Publishing Co.
- Date of Original:
- 1914
- Subject:
- Clapsaddle, Ellen H. (Ellen Hattie), 1865-1934
Valentine's Day
Holidays--United States--Postcards--United States - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (color, divided back, embossed, 3 ½ x 5 ½ inches) titled Love’s Message – This postcard features two cherubic cupids with a poem under the title. The original artwork is signed by Ellen Clappsaddle, an American artist noted for her portraits and landscapes used for booklets, wedding books and calendars. She worked for International Art Publishing co. and later for Wolf Brothers. Mr. Wolf sent her to Germany to work on postcards. Ellen and Mr. Wolf invested all their money in Germany and both lost everything during War War I. They both returned to America to start over. Ellen continued to work in New York until ill health forced her to retire. No descriptive text on reverse. Postage affixed: green Washington one cent stamp. Postmarked February 15, 1914 New Haven, Conn.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-472
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-472#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-472/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:
-
