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From: Jane McCann Walsh <>
Subject: Re: [PAFAYETT-L] calling cards?
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 16:00:55 -0400
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At 02:29 PM 7/1/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>They are calling cards. It was a great fad at one time back in the 1880's
>and 1890's to hand these cards out.


Hi, Gordon,
Some folks used these much later than the 1890's.

My brother found multiple copies of a gorgeous one that had belonged to our
Dad; he had one framed for me. We studied these very closely and could
identify very minor variations indicating that each had been had scrolled.

I was handed one in Evanston, IL circa 1963 by a gentleman from my church
who had called to welcome me into the community.
He was a bank President, if I recall correctly, in Chicago.

Some high schools printed these up into the 50's and they were exchanged at
graduation, but these weren't the same as the handwritten ones.

Best regards,
Jane



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