Album Calling Cards with Photographs from Alan Mays

H. E. Grothe—Calling Card with Photograph

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 11 May 2020 04:14:02 +0000

A calling card for "H. E. Grothe" with attached photo. I purchased this from a dealer in Seattle, Washington, who obtained it along with other calling cards (without photographs) from an estate sale in Idaho.

For other photo calling cards, see:
-- Warren Perkins
-- Miss Ellen Sophia Auchey
-- Irwin G. Waggener

Mr. E. H. White, Calling Card with Photograph

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 05:37:06 +0000

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A Victorian-era calling card for "Mr. E. H. White" along with his photograph, which looks like it may have been copied from a CDV. Anyone recognize the typeface?

For similar cards, see my album of Calling Cards with Photographs.

Warren Perkins

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 22:38:04 +0000

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A Victorian-era calling card with pasted-on photo.

For other similar cards, see my Calling Cards with Photographs album.

M. Th. Wallin

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:30:22 +0000

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"M. Th. Wallin. Axel Rydin Fotograf, Norrköping."

A nineteenth-century calling card for M. Th. Wallin by photographer Axel Rydin of Norrköping, Sweden.

Photo Visiting Card, 12 for 25 Cents

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 23:49:30 +0000

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"Photo Visiting Card, 12 for 25 cts."

A Victorian-era sample calling card with pasted-on photograph.

J. S. K.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:02:08 +0000

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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

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:02:10 +0000

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Photograph Card

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:02:12 +0000

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Rev. A. S. Baumgardner

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:02:15 +0000

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Alice G. Junker, Yreka, California

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 17:56:42 +0000

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"Compliments of your neice Alice."

Handwritten note on the back of this photographic calling card: "Mrs. A. E. Junker, Yereka, Cal. Taken some years ago."

Based on the handwritten additions, this card and its inset tintype photo belonged to Alice G. Junker, who was married to Albert E Junker. In 1910, when Alice was 44 years old and Albert was 48, they lived in Yreka Ward 2, Siskiyou County, California. It's likely that the calling card dates to the 1880s or 1890s.

Miss Ellen Sophia Auchey

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 23:44:04 +0000

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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).

Irwin G. Waggener

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:18:36 +0000

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A Victorian-era calling card with pasted-on photograph. The typeface is MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan's Spencerian Script with ornamented capitals.

Despite the variant spelling of the last name, this card may have belonged to Irwin Guy Waggoner (1882-1975), who lived in Oregon. If so--and if he actually had his photograph taken and cards printed when he was as young as he appears in the photo--then it's likely that this calling card dates to the 1880s or 1890s.

This is the only calling card with a child's photo that I've ever seen. For additional examples of photographic calling cards, see my Calling Cards with Photographs album.

Amos P. Jones

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:02:17 +0000

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A. J. Clark, Calling Card with Photograph

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 22:48:28 +0000

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"Yours Truly. A. J. Clark."