Neat old Cards...

[fuzzylizzie]

But what are they?

<img src=http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e270/fuzzylizzie/1810.jpg>

They look to have been printed in the 1920s, and they are hand colored. They start with 1800 and go to 1869.
These are about 75% size of the real thing. Any ideas what they were to be used for?

Thanks! Lizzie

 

[pinky-a-gogo]

Very cool! Do they tell a progressional story...like a girl growing up? or are they just different examples of clothing from each time period?

 

[fuzzylizzie]

They are like a timeline. Here are 3 in a row:

<img src=http://fuzzylizzie.com/myPictures/1800stimeline/1828-1830.jpg>

 

[Contentmentfarm]

Hi Lizzie,

They look like book illustrations that might have been glued into the book. They are beautiful!

 

[Ookoo]

Could they be cigarette cards? Those were trading cards that came with cigarette packs, early in the last century. They depicted a variety of subjects, and usually came in series.

 

[listitcafe]

Could be overuns from a printer which were for a book or calendar.....

-Chris

 

[Living*Doll*Vintage]

A dear friend of mine has some similar cards matted and framed - a darling series telling the story of a courtship to the birth of the first baby in Victorian images.
I don't know what the cards were from, but I just love to look at that frame whenever I'm at her home.

 

[fuzzylizzie]

Thanks for all the ideas. I'm beginning to go with the book/calendar illustration idea.

Anyway, if you want to see the entire set:

http://pasttrends.fuzzylizzie.com/1800timeline.html