Object Details
Designer
Ilonka Karasz, (American, born Hungary, 1896–1981)
Description
Greeting card illustrated with a city street during a snowstorm in winter. Groups of male figures in black hats and uniforms in the street shoveling snow into trailers pulled by horses and automobiles. On sidewalks, rows of pedestrians, many with umbrellas. Two streetlights and perspective view of buildings in foreground, view of abstracted shop fronts and buildings at left. Blue vertical border at left edge with a column of white snowflakes. Printed text interior.
Credit Line
Gift of Marilyn Friedman
Date
1937
Accession Number
2016-49-6
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
ephemera
Object Name
Greeting card
Type
Greeting card
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Dimensions
19.7 × 14.9 cm (7 3/4 × 5 7/8 in.)
made in
New York, New York, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_2016-49-6