Vintage calling cards

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Explanation When we speak of "scrap cards" or "scrap picture covering name," we mean that after the cards are printed, the scrap is placed over the name and fastened to the card at one end. In presenting a card to a friend, your name is hidden till they lift the scrap in the manner shown in this illustration, which exposes the name to view and shows the back of the scrap; on taking the finger off, it again falls into place and hides the name. This style of visiting card is all the rage…

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Cheeky 19th-century ‘pickup line’ calling cards | Dangerous Minds Vintage Calling Cards, 19th Century Men, Rules Of Engagement, Flirting Quotes For Her, Flirting Quotes Funny, Flirting Texts, The Gilded Age, Calling Card, Flirting Tips For Girls

These fantastic introduction cards were used in the United States during the 1870s and 1880s. According to Alan Mays, who collects them, they were “used by the less formal male in approaches to the less formal female.” We think of nineteenth-century courtship as being impossibly straight-laced and buttoned-down, and certainly a printed card inquiring for permission to accompany a young miss to her door is consistent with that, but the eager men found plenty of ways to work clever jokes and…

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