Visiting cards
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Small cards bearing the name, and sometimes the address of a person or married couple for presentation, as when formally calling or visiting.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Calling card, Emma E. Allard, Advent Printing Office, 1800s
Item — Box 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates:
1800s
Calling card, Gustaus F. Burghard, undated
Item — Box 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates:
undated
Calling card, Knights Templar Washington Commandery No. 33, Saratoga Springs, undated
Item — Box 2, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates:
undated
Calling cards, Martha Washington, undated
Item — Box 3, Folder: ND11
Identifier: RM-295; MS-2912
Scope and Contents
Three calling cards handwritten "Martha Washington" with note.
Dates:
undated
Harrison H. Dodge and Capt. L. L. Blake in Upper Garden, c. 1890
Item — Box 31: Series HPC - Box 31
Identifier: RP-1888 ; Photo-6351
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Historical Photograph Collection is largely comprised of materials created by or for the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. Some of the earliest photographs of the estate were created and sold to visitors by the Association as a means of income. Those efforts helped to establish an important collection of 19th century views. The collection spans the 1850s to 2000s and includes over 140 linear feet of analog material providing a visual history of the Mansion, outbuildings, tombs, grounds,...
Dates:
c. 1890
