Vintage Greeting Cards by Gibson

Gibson Greeting Cards published this Snow White birthday card from the 1980s. Embossed raised figures. Dimensions: 7.75" x 5.25". "Happy Birthday to Someone Special."

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They also created a Snow White "get well soon" series in the 1950s, referred to as the 7 Day Illness Card Set. A stiff paper envelope (5" x 6") housed seven numbered greeting cards (4" x 4"). The idea was to "Send One A Day For A Week." The set is pictured in Hake's Official Price Guide to Disney Collectibles (2nd edition, 2007, p.859).

Vintage "Doc" Birthday Card by Valentine & Sons

Valentine & Sons birthday postcard. Text reads, "Little Doc knows it's your birthday. I join with Doc in sending to you, birthday wishes fond and true." Dates from 1938. Produced in the United Kingdom. Series no. 226.

Also see a similar "Happy" birthday card in an earlier Archive entry.

1938 White & Wyckoff Greeting Cards

White & Wyckoff, a manufacturer of specialty paper products in Holyoke, MA, produced a series of Snow White greeting cards in 1938. The company employed their own staff of artists. The cards are copyrighted Walt Disney Enterprises, and each is numbered. Bi-fold design; measure 5.5" x 4.25" when closed. Most are birthday greetings with a couple 'get-well soon' cards too.

No. 8218

No. 8219

No. 8220

No. 8221

No. 8222

No. 8223

1937 Mechanical Snow White Birthday Card

This Snow White birthday card is dated 1937, from the time of the world premiere of the Disney film. Yet, although there are clear similarities in how the princess is drawn, this is not a Disney licensed product. The die-cut mechanical card (5.5" x 4.5") features a hidden wheel that when turned, reveals in the doorway each of the seven generic dwarfs with their own birthday greeting.

The first dwarf wishes you joy.

The second brings greetings.

The third wishes you gladness.

The fourth says "cheerio" & the fifth hopes you'll be happy.

The sixth wishes you good fortune & the seventh knows you'll have fun.

Inside.

Manufacturer imprint on back of card, This'll Win--Messengers of Sunshine.

1957 Whitman "Disneyland" Valentine's Day Cards

"Action Valentines--Favorite Characters from Disneyland." A vintage set of 24 mechanical cards published by Whitman in 1957. The box (11" x 8.75") includes two of the Seven Dwarfs: Bashful and Dopey.

Multiple perforated characters (two each) were included on individual sheets. Line drawings show what the finished card should look like. Pins were provided to connect the different piece together.

Bashful's card reads, "Be Mine--Your Bashful Valentine."

Dopey reads, "Here's the BARE facts, You're My Valentine."

Other cards.

1940 Walt Disney Studio Xmas Card

The 1940 Disney Studio Christmas Card features the Fantasia Snowflake Fairy spelling out the word "Greetings" while other flakes float in the air above.

It opens up to the fairy writing "from Walt Disney".

Blue card images via Hakes.

It opens further to reveal the cast from Fantasia with conductor Leopold Stokowski on the far left. Also included is the Reluctant Dragon and that film's star Robert Benchly (far right). Plus they are joined by Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Pinocchio, Snow White and Dopey--all singing Christmas carols.

The artwork was created by Hank Porter. Card is on stiff textured paper and measures 5.5" x 6" and is 22" long when fully open. Also see Hank's 1938 pen and ink Christmas Carolers illustration in an earlier Archive entry.



Collector Bob Cowan has posted on his Cowan Collection site the same 1940 Disney Studio card, but in these photos, it appears to be more purple in color.

Vintage "Happy" Birthday Card by Valentine & Sons

"Happy" Birthday Greetings postcard from Valentine & Sons. Ltd., Dundee, Scotland, circa 1938. Series no. 226.

Images via Merry-Monk.