posted on December 15, 2003 11:23:57 AM new
I have two little cards, one from 1919, one from 1920, from my husband's grandmother's effects. When closed, they are 3" wide by 2" high. When fully opened, they are 8 1/2" long.
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posted on December 15, 2003 11:37:07 AM new
All I can 'guess' at is, they came with a gift. As they say 'With xxxxxxx Compliments'
I would only assume that they came with a gift, like a flowers, champagne something like that?
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posted on December 15, 2003 11:43:16 AM new
ask your grandma,do a seance if you have to.
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posted on December 15, 2003 11:48:50 AM new
Is that a bride's name on one side, and a groom's name on the other? Looks like it might come
with a gift that the bride and groom handed out at the wedding -- money perhaps.
The date and city are there too. That's what makes me think wedding.
Just my .02 cents. Ephemera is such a diverse area, it's always hard to know exactly what it is with out some
provenance.
[ edited by jvj24601 on Dec 15, 2003 11:53 AM ]
posted on December 15, 2003 12:11:28 PM new
Since the left hand initial is an O in both is the last name of the "bride" the same on both but the "groom" initial and name different? Maybe sisters married a year apart? I hope not someone who was married twice withing two years!
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posted on December 15, 2003 12:19:34 PM new
Cards like these used to be used in England, I think they were called visiting cards. You had them dropped off at the house of people that you were willling to have visit you. They were used mainly by upper class people, and if you did not receive them from a couple, you could not expect to be "received" by them if you went for a visit.
posted on December 15, 2003 12:34:36 PM new
I thought visiting cards were sort of like business cards--just with someone's name. Because of the date and city, it looks like something that was handed out at the wedding or reception along with a favor or as a remembrance. (BTW I have no experience, just going by what seems logical.)
posted on December 15, 2003 02:05:29 PM new
Hey thanks everybody! I'm going to go with wedding favors given to guests.
The first one, 1918, has Olive Mary Olorenshaw on the left, John B. Jamieson on the right, and in the middle, With Mr. and Mrs. John B. Jamieson's compliments. That one seems to be from the parents of the groom.
The second one, 1920, has Dorothy Annie Olorenshaw on the left, Jesse Peasley on the right, and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Peasley's Compliments in the center.
SO--this appears to be a gift the groom's parents gave as a party favor. Both brides appear to be from the same family, probably friends of my husband's grandmother.
Case closed! . . . I think.
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"In order to avoid poverty, just do three things: finish high school, marry before having a child, and don't have that child until you're at least 20 years old. Only 8% of people who do all three of these things wind up poor, but a staggering 79% of those who fail to do them wind up in poverty." ~William Galston
posted on December 15, 2003 02:13:52 PM new
Just looking at them I think they are given by the newly married couple -- not the parents of the groom.
Odd that in both cases the groom and father have the exact same name -- not unlikely, but just seems too coincidental that both your samples have that.
Plus the wedding is the last place the bride is referred to with her maiden name (feminazi's excluded), so it seems to me to be a give the happy couple has given.
My guess anyway.
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posted on December 15, 2003 02:59:15 PM new
By golly, Peiklk, you are one smart guy! Why didn't I see that?! NOw I do truly believe that they are wedding favors from the bride and groom, no parents in that at all. Duhhhhhhhhh.
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"In order to avoid poverty, just do three things: finish high school, marry before having a child, and don't have that child until you're at least 20 years old. Only 8% of people who do all three of these things wind up poor, but a staggering 79% of those who fail to do them wind up in poverty." ~William Galston
