- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- Yale
- Creator:
- E. A. Schwerdtfeger & Co. (Berlin, Germany)
- Publisher:
- Berlin, Germany: E. A. Schwerdtfeger & Co.
- Date of Original:
- 1909
- Subject:
- Christy, F. Earl, 1882-1961
Postcards--United States - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (color, embossed, divided back, 3 ½ x 5 ½ inches) titled Yale – This postcard features an illustration by F. Earl Christy of a beautiful college girl waving a Yale pendant. F. Earl Christy (1882–1961) was a prolific American artist whose turn-of-the-century work often focused on Ivy League college life, mainly football games and the well-dressed women who attended them. His first “College Girl” postcard series was published in 1905
the first image in the following gallery is from a 1907 collection created while Christy, a Philadelphia native, was a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of Arts. Christy also created art for calendars, collectible plates, mugs and even linens. No descriptive text on reverse. Postage affixed: green Franklin one cent stamp. Postmarked February 20, 1909 Central Bridge, NY. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-476
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-476#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-476/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:
-
