For the first post of the blog's fourth (!) year, something totally unexpected and totally delightful. This is the blog's second post featuring cigarette cards from the collection of the New York Public Library. The subject this time is species of butterflies and moths found in the British Isles... if butterflies were stylish ladies of the 1920s.
I have no other context for this. The wonderful NYPL shares the backs of objects online as well as the front, so if you follow the source links you can look at the backs of cards to read all about the species of butterfly--without any mention of the flapper part. It's pretty great.
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3 comments:
These are gorgeous, aren't they? A great find! Wishing you a Happy Blog Anniversary!
Betty
Aren't they just great?? I found them totally randomly, never would have expected!
Thank you!!!
Love these!
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