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Posted: 06 Apr 2016

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Who the Devil Are You?

Who the Devil Are You?
"I am (Devil Cards), who the devil are you?"

A selection of devilish acquaintance and calling cards from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (see above and below).

I Am C. Y. Young, Who the Devil Are You? Comic Imp Card: I Am ________, Who the Devil Are You? I Am ________, Who the Devil Are You? I Am Sam Kahn, Who the Devil Are You? I Am Anna Louis Klug

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 wintorbos
wintorbos club
Amazing -- thanks for posting. I have a hand-drawn devil card from my grandmother's postcard album, the significance of which I never understood. Perhaps it's of this genre -- I'll have to see if I can find it.

By the way, it's curious that the names on the last three cards above are all Jewish-sounding. Of course, it might just be that a whole bunch of these cards originally came from one person's collection. (I've learned not to jump to the conclusion that the old postcards that I have are a random sample of all pre-1915 postcards, given that there are almost certainly a number of non-random reasons that some types of cards were more likely that others to survive).
8 years ago.
 Deborah Lundbech
Deborah Lundbech club
Well, that's just amazing! These are so fun - but I can imagine them meeting with disapproval in some homes!
I've said this before, but how on earth do you keep all your categories in mind when shopping?!!
And I can only guess/wonder at your organizational method!!
4 years ago.

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