Business, Trade & Calling Cards

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Comment by Valerie MacEwan on January 11, 2013 at 1:05pm

Okay, it's been a while since I added anything to a discussion so this looks like a great place to start. I will get the scanner going and get busy with this. I have a large stack of cards. I am also in the midst of a Mail Art project in which I am creating cards and laminating them, then sending them off to anyone who wants one.

Comment by Jack Gurner on April 15, 2012 at 8:42pm

Not really rare. There are lots of similar calling cards out there.

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Durlacher commented:

This card is from the 1920's and it reads
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Llewellyn - Eads
Twenty-nine East Sixty-forth Street
Is this card rare?

Comment by Paul Durlacher on April 15, 2012 at 7:35pm

Comment by Gejus van Diggele on July 22, 2011 at 5:37pm

Lovely story!

 

Comment by Jack Gurner on July 22, 2011 at 1:52pm

I finally got that site to bring up the page, but it never would bring up the photo of the card. Below is the text:

Ruth Weispfenning was paging through an old Swedish family Bible when she paused at a page bookmarked with an old business card (left). She paused further upon realizing the business was in the same location
where she goes to work every day. It turns out Henry and Ingeborg
Vegger operated a rooming house (above) across from Central Park on
Second St. NW in the 1920�s; hot and cold running water in all rooms
at $1.75 to $2.00 with meals. How Weispfenning�s ancestors acquired
the card is unknown. They lived in north central Minnesota. Perhaps a
family member came to Mayo Clinic? Today, Charter House (right)
occupies this site. I guess you could say the tradition of room and
board continues; hot and cold running water still provided, though the
rates may have changed slightly. Next week: A grand dame on a grand
avenue Lens on History is a weekly photo feature by Cindy Scott, a
volunteer at the History Center of Olmsted County. Thanks to the HCOC
Research Center and Archives for this photo and Ruth Weispfenning for
the business card. HCOC invites you to visit the history center and
learn more about our local history.

Comment by Jack Gurner on July 22, 2011 at 10:53am

Jeff, I couldn't even get the main site at that newspaper to come up this morning. They must be having problems. Let's check on it again later today.

Comment by Jeff on July 22, 2011 at 10:24am

Jack, I cannot get the story link to work for me. Do you have another I can try?

Comment by Jack Gurner on July 22, 2011 at 1:44am

Here is the card from the Connects to the past story

Comment by Jack Gurner on July 22, 2011 at 1:32am

Here the link to an interesting story...Business Card Connects Past To Today

Comment by Jack Gurner on July 15, 2011 at 10:40am

Here's an example of a playing card with a front print that is intended.

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