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Birthday Card

ca. 1944 (published)
Artist/Maker
J. Arthur Dixon (publishers)
Place of origin
England (published)

This postcard was sent to Angela Moghabghab (née Coldwell) on her first birthday in 1944.

Object details

Category
Children & Childhood
Object type
Birthday card
Materials and techniques
Colour printed paper
Paper
Ink
Colour Printing
Brief description
Birthday card, depicting a child in a cot with toys standing around the side, a greeting is printed inside, published by J. Arthur Dixon, England, sent in 1944.
Physical description
Birthday card. Image on front depicts a child in a cot with toys standing around the side, a large '1' also stands in the room. A greeting is printed inside.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.9cm
  • Closed width: 10.1cm
  • Open width: 20.1cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Happy Birthday' (Printed on front)
  • 'SINGER' (Logo depicting a bird's head in bottom right hand corner of front image)
  • 'Baby lips of sweetest sound / Baby fingers closing round, / Little life of one whole year / Making you so very dear - / Made for tender care and love- / God send blessings from above, / So you eyes the best shall see, / So your life shall happy be. / from' (Greeting printed inside)
  • 'Harry, Olly + Mrs Messent / with love xxx' (Written inside card)
  • 'A J. ARTHUR DIXON / GREETING CARD / AGE 1 / MADE IN ENGLAND' (Printed on reverse)
Credit line
Given by Angela Moghabghab
Object history
This card is part of a collection donated by Angela Moghabghab to the Museum.
Summary
This postcard was sent to Angela Moghabghab (née Coldwell) on her first birthday in 1944.
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.691-2010

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Record createdFebruary 1, 2011
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1177366/birthday-card-j-arthur-dixon/
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