Scope and Contents

The # sample series spans 20 folders in box 1. The various cards are signed by artists including: Jac Venza, Hilary Knight, Ralph P. Hinchman, Kaiser, Harry Dunn, K. Wasilewska, Edouard Halouze, Donn Sheets, Henry Bowman, Fischetti, Gropp, Victoria Larrea, Roger Baker, Phillipe Cloës, and Woldemar Neufield. The cards are entirely holiday themed. The cards are glued to pieces of sturdy colored paper that include the card number and the price.

Scope and Contents The # series contains 16 folders of cards. One card of some note is numbered 339 and contains a typed message from a customer, Gordon Hobson Maginnis who had just moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. The card is asking Ralph for 100 copies of a card and from the tone of the card Mr. Hinchman and Mr. Maginnis appear to be well acquainted. The cards of the # series are holiday cards and some of the artists whose artwork is signed include: Ralph P. Hinchman, Hilary Knight, Jack Meyers, Lanson...

Scope and Contents The #-# series contains holiday greeting cards that are contained in three folders in box 1 of the Lilac Hedges collection. Some cards of interest are 57-01 which contains a note from Lois F. Humphrey to Ralph Hinchman; the note in the card praises Hinchman’s cards for their blank inside allowing the patron to personally write messages into the cards. Another card of particular interest is the card 55-18; the artwork is of the Gracey Mansion. Signed cards in the collection include Ralph...

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The #-#-# series is a collection of cards contained in seven folders inside box one of the Lilac Hedges collection. The cards are holiday cards, and the signed names on the cards include: Ralph P. Hinchman, H.D. Bowman, Donn Sheets, Jac Venza, Edouard Halouze, Mauro Caputo, and Clare Lughton. The last folder in this series contains cards whose numbers, which are on the back of the cards, were damaged and the numbers can no longer be read.

Scope and Contents The 59 Sample series is a collection of samples of small cards whose organizational number contains the number 59, for example a card might have the number “59 M1.” The series contains five folders in box 1 of the Lilac Hedges collection. Since the cards are samples they are all glued onto a black backing, but their numbers are printed onto a sticker that has been placed onto the backing. The only artists who signed cards in this collection are Hilary Knight and Ralph P. Hinchman. The cards...

Scope and Contents

The 59 series is a collection of small cards whose organizational number contains the number 59; for example, a card might have the number “59 M1.” The only artists who signed cards in this series are Hilary Knight and Ralph P. Hinchman. The cards cover various occasion, moving and house warming, party invitations, and thank you cards.

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The Numbered Miscellaneous series is composed of two folders of cards in box 1. The cards are numbered, but their numbers do not seem to fit into the other series. Many of the cards appear to be early cards. The artists who signed cards in this series are Ralph P. Hinchman, Hilary Knight(#6219), and Hawes.

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The A series is a collection of two folders in box 1 of the Lilac Hedges collection. The cards are all related to wedding anniversaries. There are no cards with signed artwork.

Scope and Contents

The AN series is a collection of two folders of cards in box 1 of the Lilac Hedges collection. The cards’ artwork is primarily a large letter; all the artwork is signed by Ralph P. Hinchman.