Visiting cards
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Advertising cards and ephemera collection
Collection — Folder S3117
Identifier: S3117
Scope and Contents
This collection includes advertising cards, tickets, calling cards, a postcard, and pamphlets from various businesse enterprises and organizations in Indianapolis, Indiana and New York, New York, ranging from circa 1860 to 1935 regarding products such as tonics and curatives, soap, coffee, and tickets to fairs and sporting, club, and public speaking events. Many of the cards appear to have been removed from a scrapbook.
Dates:
circa 1860-1935
Barton W. Bearden papers
Collection — Folder S0087
Identifier: S0087
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two handwritten letters sent by Barton Bearden to his mother while serving with the 124th Indiana Regiment during the U.S. Civil War. The first letter was sent shortly after the Battle of Resaca that took place in Georgia from May 13-15, 1864 and the second, dated October 27, 1864, was written from Cedar Bluff, Alabama. The collection also includes typewritten transcriptions of each letter, a calling card with Bearden's regiment and camp information on the front and a...
Dates:
1864-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Barton W. Bearden papers
Calling cards collection
Collection
Identifier: S2099
Scope and Contents
This collection includes calling cards from Chas. A. Wilder, Charles Levi, Gen. John Morton, Will F. Hasson, Tom L. Yandes, and Mrs. J.H. McKerman in Indiana ranging from 1873 to 1882 regarding New Years.
Dates:
1873-1882
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Calling cards collection
Social invitations and cards collection
Collection
Identifier: L349
Scope and Contents
This collection includes invitations, calling cards, at home cards, and one dance card, many with the name John W. Blackledge, documenting aspects of social life and events in and around Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1881 to 1923. The materials are diverse, comprising tickets to graduations, wedding announcements, and invitations to teas, dances, dinner parties, weddings, and anniversary parties, among other items. The collection in and around Indianapolis, Indiana.
Dates:
1881-1923
