Blotting paper promotional

Turkish school blotter in color. Two schoolchildren each hold a money box. Promotional inscriptions in Turkish accompany the illustration.

  • Accession Number 2020.02.2002
  • Fabricant / Éditeur Ressam Cahit Matbaasi
  • Period 1st half of the 20th century
  • Measurements 8,9 x 13 cm
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Historical context

At the beginning of the 19th century, banks and savings banks were created in Great Britain by fraternal benefit societies. They spread throughout several countries, before rapidly forming associations to coordinate the promotion of savings, notably through piggy banks.

In the Ottoman Empire, in the second half of the 19th century, the need for a banking system grew. It was European financiers who initiated the creation of such a s...

  • Accession Number 2020.02.2002
  • Fabricant / Éditeur Ressam Cahit Matbaasi
  • Period 1st half of the 20th century
  • Measurements 8,9 x 13 cm
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