The history OF Birthday Greeting Cards
Do you have the custom that sending birthday gifts and cards? Do you know when human being strat sending birthday greeting cards? After reading this post, you will find the answer.
It is said that the history of Greeting Cards can be traced back to the ancient Chinese .Chinese started the tradition of sending goodwill messages when a New Year came long time ago. And Early Egyptians are believed to be the first to convey greetings to dear ones with papyrus scrolls. Germans have printed New Year’s greetings from woodcuts in 1400 and tradition of exchanging handmade paper greeting cards developed in Europe at that time.
Printing technology, mechanization and introduction of postage stamps helped to make greeting cards more affordable in 1850s . Soon,they became popular means of personal communication. Louis Prang, a German immigrant who ran a small lithographic business near Boston in 1856, started the Greeting Card industry in USA. He published deluxe editions of Christmas cards that made an instant hit in England. USA Card Industry saw a slump in 1890 and 1906 but soon after 1906, the situation improved and a number of leading card producers of today were founded. Now the cards played on sentimentality and were quite unlike Prang’s elaborate creations.
Increased competition during World War I improved printing process greatly. In early 1930s color lithography was uesd in Card Industry. This move led to an unprecedented growth to US Card industry. In 1950s the creation of studio cards that were long cards with a short punch line was introduced. Cards not made for any particular occasion began popular and made card industry reach a new high during 1980s. Now it is a tradition to send Birthday Greeting Cards .
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