1910 Ellen Clapsaddle A Happy Halloween Antique Postcard Boy Giant JOL EMB DB

Description: This antique postcard, created by artist Ellen Clapsaddle in 1910, features a charming scene for Halloween. The postcard showcases a little boy standing next to a giant Jack-O-Lantern, exuding a festive and whimsical vibe. It is a single unit from Series No. 978, signed by Ellen Clapsaddle herself, and manufactured in Germany on standard-sized paper with embossed and divided back features. This original lithograph print captures a nostalgic glimpse into early 20th-century holiday greetings, making it a delightful addition to any collection of vintage postcards. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaA Hallowe'en postcard, illustrated by Ellen Clapsaddle. This postcard depicts a girl trying to see her future husband in the mirror on Hallowe'en night.Ellen Hattie Clapsaddle (January 8, 1865 - January 7, 1934) was an American illustrator/commercial artist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She is recognized as the most prolific souvenir postcard and greeting card artist of her era.Clapsaddle started giving art lessons in 1894 She created her own landscapes and was commissioned to paint portraits of families in Richfield Springs. She also submitted her work to publishers in New York City and became a recognized commercial artist.Two of her card designs, accepted by the International Art Publishing Company in New York City, became bestsellers. Several other purchases followed and the company retained her to work with their stable of artists. Thanks to the popularity of her designs, she became their premier illustrator, and the company invited her to move to the city around 1895. Her illustrations were often used in advertising and on porcelain goods, calendars, paper fans, trade and greeting cards.In 1901, the International Art Publishing Company offered a paid two-year trip to Germany for Clapsaddle and her mother. Germany was the center of the high-end publishing world and many publishers in the United States depended on them for the final products that were shipped to the U.S. In Germany Clapsaddle worked directly with the German engravers who manufactured the company's products. Her designs began appearing in Valentine's Day cards, souvenir postcards, booklets, watercolor prints, calendars, and trade cards.Clapsaddle spent some years in Germany, funded by the International Art Publishing Company, and then returned to New York well before her mother's death in 1905. It is said that she established the Wolf Company backed by the Wolf brothers—a full subsidiary of the International Art Publishing Company of New York City. She was the first and only female souvenir postcard artist of the era to establish her own enterprise. She was the sole artist and designer for this company. At that time, few women were even employed as full-time illustrators. For eight years she and the Wolf brothers enjoyed their success and there seemed to be no limit to the growth potential in the souvenir and postcard industry. (Some sources suggest that she was employed by the Wolf brothers).Nevertheless, confidence in the boom and high return in profits led her and her partners to invest heavily in the years that followed in several Germany engraving and publishing firms. She returned once again to Germany to work with their engravers and publishers.Art and legacyClapsaddle's greatest success was in the development of her artwork into single-faced cards that could be kept as souvenirs or mailed as postcards and she specialized in designing illustrations specifically for that purpose. Artistic designs had become highly prized particularly during the peak of production of the "golden age of souvenir postcards" (1898–1915) for their great marketing possibilities. Clapsaddle is credited with over 3000 designs in the souvenir post card field. More than half of her estimated 3,000 works depict children, often of different races and cultures of the world. Holidays, particularly Halloween, Valentine's Day, and Christmas, are a common theme in her work.One of her 1910 card designs, Midnight Angel, was chosen by the United States Postal Service for the 1995 traditional Christmas Stamp. Clapsaddle's artwork still appears today in prints and commercial art.Some private collectors have amassed more than 1,600 original Clapsaddles, as her souvenir postcards are commonly known. The original cards have appeared in local and state trade shows for years and many websites have large numbers available where the number varies from 900 to 1,000 cards are offered surpassing the numbers available for other artists of similar work. "Original" single-faced cards are sought after by collectors, as well as her signed "mechanical" cards. A long-time collector, Elizabeth Austin, created a "checklist" of Clapsaddle's souvenir postcards for other collectors so they can identify the ones they do not have. The late Ellen Budd expanded on the list with many missing cards and has published them as a reference work

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