Norcross Greeting Card Collection

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Norcross Greeting Card Collection

1800-1981; bulk 1880-1881

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Collections consists of the records of both the Norcross Greeting Card Company founded in New York City in the 1920s and The Rust Craft Greeting Card Company, founded in Kansas City, Missouri, 1906. Both the Norcross and Rust Craft companies collected antique greeting cards. Also includes a small number of modern cards by other manufacturers, circa 1930-1980. Collection represents development of the greeting card industry, social trends in the United States and technology of the printing industry from 1924 through 1978.

1,200 Cubic feet (3,010 boxes, 362 volumes)

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11663366

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

Rust, Fred Winslow, 1877?-1949

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Norcross, Arthur Dickinson, d. 1968

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Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.))

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Tuck, Raphael, 1821-1900

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Prang, Louis, 1824-1909

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Louis Prang was born in Germany where took an active part in the Revolution of 1848. After emigrating to the U.S. Prang served as a mapper during the Civil War and transferred these skill to the business of printingg and lithography. Prang became an innovator in the printing and packaging of greeting cards, and also became interested in art education. From the description of Papers, 1871-1971. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122477111 Louis Prang (1824-190...

Chase, Ernest Dudley, 1878-

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