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title: "design-is-fine:\n\nAcquaintance cards, a variety of calling cards, 1870s-80s. USA. Via dangerousminds. More to see: Mays / flickr. They were used “by the less formal male in approaches to the less formal female.”"
date: 2015-04-23 15:49:09 +00
tags: tumblr
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![mirrored image from https://66.media.tumblr.com/44e41b69ddf90e7c2ebb8bbb0ac81b34/tumblr_nn9hf4DlwJ1rpgpe2o1_500.jpg without alt text, sorry](./117175264523_0.jpg)

[design-is-fine](http://www.design-is-fine.org/post/117168255454/acquaintance-cards-a-variety-of-calling-cards):

> Acquaintance cards, a variety of calling cards, 1870s-80s. USA. Via [dangerousminds](http://dangerousminds.net/comments/19th-century_novelty_pickup_line_cards). More to see: [Mays / flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/aemays/sets/72157626967453736/). They were used “by the less formal male in approaches to the less formal female.”  
>   

April 23rd, 2015 8:49am