Victorian calling card meaning

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Gilbert, Eli B. Family Collection (DeKalb), 1844-1996 RC 277 Box 1, Folder 4 During the time of the Civil War, Victorian calling cards were very common to exchange and carry. Often people dropped them off in a basket at a person’s house with a quick message. On the back of this card, "L. H. Needham" is printed in ink. Enscribed in pencil on the back is "Chimney Point, Vermont," the location where Lyman Needham was originally from. It is possible that Needham carried this around as personal…

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Once used for advertising and or caring the name of gracious ladies This card would make good label for a pretty gift of bath salts or a pretty card.

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What follows is a brief history of the calling card and how men today can resurrect this tradition to create some stylish panache in their social interactions.

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The Victorian calling card was a way to express appreciation, offer condolences, or simply to say hello. They were like social media for the era, a way to advertise who was in one's social circle. Cards of the wealthiest or most influential people were purposefully displayed at the top of the stack to impress visitors. Coded messages could be left by folding a corner of the calling card: one corner might express condolence, another congratulations.

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The Victorian calling card was a way to express appreciation, offer condolences, or simply to say hello. They were like social media for the era, a way to advertise who was in one's social circle. Cards of the wealthiest or most influential people were purposefully displayed at the top of the stack to impress visitors. Coded messages could be left by folding a corner of the calling card: one corner might express condolence, another congratulations.

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This Victorian trading card is an advertisement for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, an old remedy for children teething. The image […]

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