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  • Titel
    Postcards illustrating fortune tellers and fortune telling
  • Signatur
    D BD 12/5
  • Datum
    1900s - 1940s
  • Form und Inhalt
    Black and white, sepia and colour postcards of original photographs, paintings and cartoon images of Gypsy fortune tellers from the UK and other countries including Egypt. Illustrating the art of fortune telling using tea leaves, palmistry, the use of caged birds, cards and horoscopes. Includes a series entitled "Your Fortune", a number featuring "The Gypsy's Warning"and some of a "pop-up" card design.
  • Umfang
    c.148 postcards
  • Verzeichnungsstufe
    Akte
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