
Calling Cards
Folder: Ephemera
Calling cards--also known as visiting cards--from the Victorian era, with a few more recent ones mixed in. See also Acquaintance Cards, Calling Cards with Photographs, Hidden Name Calling Cards and Sentiment Cards.
A. J. Clark, Calling Card with Photograph
Amos P. Jones
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Miss Ellen Sophia Auchey
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This photographic calling card belonged to Ellen Sophia Auchey (1860-1942), who lived in York County, Pa. The card likely dates to sometime before 1886, which is the approximate year that she married Adam B. Laughman (1865-1930).
Rev. A. S. Baumgardner
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John S. Kriebel
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One of five John S. Kriebel calling cards--two photographic cards ( John S. Kriebel and J. S. K. ) and three chromolithographed cards ( John S. Kriebel , John S. Kriebel, Only Thee , and John S. Kriebel, A Token of Love ).
See also John S. Kriebel, Only Thee (Detail) , which shows the embellishments on the uppercase letters of the name, including a fish at the bottom of the S and a bird on the K. The typeface is MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan's Spencerian Script with ornamented capitals.
Photograph Card
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J. S. K.
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One of five John S. Kriebel calling cards--two photographic cards ( John S. Kriebel and J. S. K. ) and three chromolithographed cards ( John S. Kriebel , John S. Kriebel, Only Thee , and John S. Kriebel, A Token of Love ).
See also John S. Kriebel, Only Thee (Detail) , which shows the embellishments on the uppercase letters of the name, including a fish at the bottom of the S and a bird on the K. The typeface is MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan's Spencerian Script with ornamented capitals.
John S. Kriebel
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One of five John S. Kriebel calling cards--two photographic cards ( John S. Kriebel and J. S. K. ) and three chromolithographed cards ( John S. Kriebel , John S. Kriebel, Only Thee , and John S. Kriebel, A Token of Love ).
See also John S. Kriebel, Only Thee (Detail) , which shows the embellishments on the uppercase letters of the name, including a fish at the bottom of the S and a bird on the K. The typeface is MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan's Spencerian Script with ornamented capitals.
John S. Kriebel, Only Thee
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One of five John S. Kriebel calling cards--two photographic cards ( John S. Kriebel and J. S. K. ) and three chromolithographed cards ( John S. Kriebel , John S. Kriebel, Only Thee , and John S. Kriebel, A Token of Love ).
See also John S. Kriebel, Only Thee (Detail) , which shows the embellishments on the uppercase letters of the name, including a fish at the bottom of the S and a bird on the K. The typeface is MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan's Spencerian Script with ornamented capitals.
John S. Kriebel, A Token of Love
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One of five John S. Kriebel calling cards--two photographic cards ( John S. Kriebel and J. S. K. ) and three chromolithographed cards ( John S. Kriebel , John S. Kriebel, Only Thee , and John S. Kriebel, A Token of Love ).
See also John S. Kriebel, Only Thee (Detail) , which shows the embellishments on the uppercase letters of the name, including a fish at the bottom of the S and a bird on the K. The typeface is MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan's Spencerian Script with ornamented capitals.
John S. Kriebel, Only Thee (Detail)
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Detail from a calling card ( John S. Kriebel, Only Thee ) showing the embellishments on the uppercase letters, which include a fish at the bottom of the S and a bird on the K. The typeface is MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan's Spencerian Script with ornamented capitals.
One of five John S. Kriebel calling cards--two photographic cards ( John S. Kriebel and J. S. K. ) and three chromolithographed cards ( John S. Kriebel , John S. Kriebel, Only Thee , and John S. Kriebel, A Token of Love ).
Sailing Ship Calling Card
Sadie Morse
Imported Hand
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"Imported Hand. C. C. Liechty."
A sample Victorian-era calling card used to advertise this "Imported Hand" design.
Elegant Assorted Chromo Cards
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"This is one card from our pack of 50 elegant assorted chromo cards. Gold, silver, tinted, shells, mottoes &c."
A sample Victorian-era calling card.
George H. Howland
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A colorful Victorian calling card. The typeface used on the card is MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan's Spencerian Script with ornamented capitals.
Gen. Wayne Herman, True Love's Offering
Mrs. Margaret Kushmore, Nurse, Philadelphia, Pa.
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"Mrs. Margaret Kushmore, nurse, No. 319 Richmond Street."
An unusual Victorian-era business card. Calling cards that listed just a name were the norm for women and men in the late nineteenth century, but it's not as common to find a business card from that period that advertises a woman's name, occupation, and address in this manner. It's likely that this is the same Margaret Kushmore (1828-1909) who is buried in the East Cedar Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which is located about six miles from the 319 Richmond Street address that she used on her card.
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