Joyous

Easter greeting card, no writing or date.

Found in "The Sewing Book for Children's and Girl's Clothes" published by Clark's O.N.T. Thread Co., no date.

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All Star

Alan Trammell baseball card, Leaf #230 from 1988.

Found in "Cosmic Encounters" by R.G. Austin. Published by Archway, 1982.

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The Senior

Small card with illustration, titled "Senior Governor Notch 2."

Found in "Gray's New Manual of Botany" published by The American Book Company, 1908.


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This Is To Certify

 Membership card, dated 1902:

This is to Certify

That Bro. Jno. H.C. Rowland was duly admitted to membership in Court Spruce Run, No. 3405 at a stated meeting held Sixth of March, A.D. 1902.

Found in "The Helmet of Navarre" by Bertha Runkle. Published by The Century Co., 1901.

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The Christmas House

Lovely little fold out Christmas card.

Found in "Numbers: Count and Color" published by Samuel Lowe, no date.

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Kick Me When I'm Down

Jim Bunning baseball card from 1957, Topps 338.

Found in "The Minister Who Kicked The Cat" by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott. Published by D. Appleton and Co., 1932.

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Round Of Applause

Name card of Mr. William D. Clapp.

Found in "Pierre The Organ Boy" by T.S. Arthur. Published by Lippincott, Grambo and Co., 1854.

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They Say It's Your Birthday

Small card, thick stock paper.

Written in red ink:

#99

5th Birthday

Mrs. D. Knowls

Found in "B.P. Ranch in Indian Land" by Gordon Stuart. Published by Reilly and Lee, 1936.

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Thinking of You

 Birthday card:

Thinking of You on Your Birthday

Remembrance on your Birthday brings
A warm good wish for all the things
That make a Happy Birthday

Found in "The Perennial Bachelor" by Anne Parish. Published by Harpers, 1925.

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Joker Ain't The Only Fool

Queen of hearts playing card.

Found in "A Daughter's Geography" by Ntozake Shange. Published by St. Martin's Press, 1983.

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It's Time

Christmas card, no writing on reverse side.

Found in "Sweet Cork of Thee" by Robert Gibbings. Published by Dutton, 1951.



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Christmas Cheer

I've been saving up all the Christmas and New Year's cards I've found over the last year, here's the first of the batch.

Found in "Castle Craneycrow" by George Barr McCutcheon. Published by Grosset and Dunlap, 1902.

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Enough Already

Christmas card:

It Can't Be Done

I'd like to wish you more happiness this Christmas, but I've wished you all there is and there isn't any more.

Found in "Cottonwood Gulch" by Clarence E. Mulford. Published by A.L. Burt, 1925.

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1978

Birthday card, dated 1978.

Found in "The Day Khrushchev Fell" by Martin Page. Published by Hawthorn Books, 1965.

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Thanks For The Doll

Homemade Mother's Day card.

Inside:

Found in "Twice Upon a Time" by Irwin Shapiro. Published by Xerox, 1973.

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Betty Grable, We Love You

 Small card from the Peerless Vending and Weighing Machine. This card features Betty Grable on one side, and the user's weight and fortune on the other (139 pounds as of July 28, unknown year, and "YOU believe in fair play and in giving the other person an equal chance")

If you've never seen these vintage fortune and weight telling machines, they look like this:

 Found in "The Phantom Treasure" by Harriet Pyne Grove. Published by Saalfield, 1928.

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Alice In Christmasland

Christmas card.

Found in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll. Published by Henry Altemus, copyright page missing, circa 1900.

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Visitor's Pass

Visitor's pass for the House of Representatives, 84th Congress. Dated July 12, 1955.

The pass was for C. Robert Rau, signed for by Massachusetts Representative John W. Heselton.

Also representing Massachusetts in that 84th Congress were John F. Kennedy and Tip O'Neill.

Found in "The Thundering Herd" by Zane Grey. Published by Grosset and Dunlap, 1925.

This first posted on 5/2/11.

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With Sincere Wishes

Greeting card with embossed color illustrations and ribbon-bound paper message:

WITH SINCERE WISHES

 True Love and Affection

May every hour that fleets away,
Bring blessings bright with thee to stay,
True blessings all thy life to cheer,
To shield from harm, protect from fear!
And if there better blessings be,
Such blessings do I crave for thee!

Found in "Soldiers Three" by Rudyard Kipling. Published by H.M. Caldwell Co., 1899.

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Christmas Greetings

Christmas card, no writing or date.

Found in "Blue Bells of Nola" by J. Helmer Olson. Published by Augusta Book Concern, 1928.

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