The collection of more than 20,000 late modern miscellaneous small prints and ephemera mainly preserves non-political leaflets, as well as small prints of religious, political, cultural, economic and social historical relevance, such as commercial advertisements, price lists, account cards, card calendars, menu cards, obituaries, sacred images, dance orders, invitations and etiquette cards, etc. The collection also contains a large number of un inventoried but organised documents of important events after the change of regime.
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The incipient bourgeois modernisation of reform era Hungary is well illustrated by civic social events such as the dance of the law students of Pozsony (today: Bratislava, Slovakia), as this invitation testifies.
Count Károlyi distinguished himself, among others, as a generous and enthusiastic supporter of Count István Széchenyi's enterprises and as a member of the aristocratic reform opposition.
Tally slips were basically for commercial advertising purposes, although they could also be used for calculation on the reverse. The item shown here was used for advertising the Vienna-based "Dittmar Lamp Factory", a major player in the Monarchy's "common market".
Tally slips were basically for commercial advertising purposes, although they could also be used for calculation on the reverse. The item shown here was used for advertising the Vienna-based "Dittmar Lamp Factory", a major player in the Monarchy's "common market".
The decorative postage stamps, made for propaganda purposes, featured the entire military fleet of Austria-Hungary.
