Dating the Cards! Card nr 156



Card nr 156.  Skansen, Morastugan

Skansen.  Morastugan

  Front of card used in 1902.  Card is now numbered whereas card used in 1901 is not.  As expected this card has an undivided back. Initially Axel Eliasson printed his cards in Sweden, but later they were printed in Germany because of lower printing costs.  The transition from Swedish to German printed cards would thus appear to have taken place about 1901/02.  The word for Import, 'Jmport' is printed on the lower left of the 1902 back of the card.  The word for 'letter' card or post card 'Brefkort; appears in two languages, Swedish and French in the 1902 card, but only once in the 1901 used card.  We can also see that Axel Eliasson cards began to be numbered at the same time.

 Nr. 156.  unnumbered version.  used in 1901.  undivided back.  No Import or Jmport on lower left.  Brefkort in one language.

Skansen is the world's first outdoor museum featuring a wonderful collection of old buildings from throughout Sweden.  In the U.S. Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts is patterned after Skansen.