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Wednesday 6 June 2012

Hartelijk Gefeliciteerd

The title to this post are the words that are etched into the surface of this card, other than that the only identifying information is the printer's seal and the number 1090 in the lower left corner.  The back states that the card is made in France.  This delightful series all features the little girl and her big Pyrenees in various poses - several with the dog house in the background and one with a pedal car.  I know of at least 5 cards in the series...there may be more.  This particular card is hand coloured which was popular before photography was available in colour.  Women would be hired to hand colour each individual card using a paint brush and ink dyes.  Unfortunately the women would wet the bristles of the brush in their mouths and since the dyes contained lead, many women died of lead poisoning as a result before the practise was finally discontinued.

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