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Postage Required: Animated Postcards from the 1900s

Exhibition Dates: 
April 11 - July 12, 2019

The animated postcard was a genre of card that had its greatest success in the first decade of the 20th century. Post cards were affordable mass communication, sent simply and as frequently as a text message today. The animated postcard was unique in that the images moved. People were moving more, traveling more, and as a result, sending cards more.

This exhibition features a variety of postcards that are on the move: tilt them, lift a flap, or pull a tab, and see something new. Explore the cutting-edge technology of a century ago.

 

Marvelous Marbling: Demystifying Marbled Papers

Exhibition Dates: 
April 11 - July 12, 2019

The techniques used to marble papers were kept secret for most of the history of this craft. Assistants were each taught only part of the process, so that they could not go out on their own and compete with the master. Discover how these beautiful patterns are created, and learn about some of the early twentieth century practitioners of the craft. 

]]> Spring/summer exhibits at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking will be on view from April 11 - July 12, 2019. Postage Required: Early Animated Postcards from the Early 1900s and Marvelous Marbling: Demystifying Marbled Papers feature unique works involving paper. 

]]> 619517 image <![CDATA[Postage Required and Marvelous Marbling]]> 235861 image/jpeg Virginia Howell

Museum Director

404-894-5726

virginia.howell@rbi.gatech.edu

]]> The Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking is located at 500 10th St NW.

The museum is open Monday-Friday, 9-5. The museum is closed all Institute holidays.

Groups of 10 or more must book a fee-based program in advance.

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