October 31, 2025 10:01 am
These cards were made by Rust Craft in the late 1950s. The colorful graphics and clever novelty additions (the cat in the above card made a meowing sound when you pressed it, the britches in the card below were on a spring) were characteristic of the company’s output during their early years in Dedham.
The Dedham Museum and Archive will be celebrating the card company’s creativity with its new exhibit : Rust Craft: A Quarter-century of Artistry in Dedham, coming in November. On display will be dozens of cards from Rust Craft’s Dedham years (1955-1980) as well as photographs, artifacts and original artwork from one of the company’s artists. A reception, which is free to the public, will open the exhibit on November 12 from 6:30-8:30. Light refreshments will be served after welcoming remarks by Museum staff and Christine West, daughter of Vincent Battaglia, long-time Rust Craft artist, whose original artwork is featured in the exhibit. If you worked for this company, or just enjoyed sending or receiving one of their clever and colorful greeting cards, you don’t want to miss this exhibit.
Posted by Jim Parr
Categories: ...all the old familiar places
Tags: Dedham Museum and Archive, Halloween, Rust Craft, Vintage Halloween Cards
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So funny I was working there during the Blizzard of 78 ended up leaving with some coworkers and was stranded for like 2 days ended up God I don’t even know how I got back to Dedham to get back to work to Capital Supermarket cuz I also worked there too but I remember a scheme mobile some sleds but I made it home to work and and my boss wasn’t exactly happy Eddie and I worked in produce department with a lot of other Deham friends quite an experience!!
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By radiant1c7e4491bc on January 30, 2026 at 12:53 pm
My coworkers and I from rust crack russcraft ended up at one of the work is homes in Norwood!!
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By radiant1c7e4491bc on January 30, 2026 at 12:54 pm