Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
M-2018.Fic.164 |
Object Name |
Case, Card |
Description |
Black lucite and mother-of-pearl card case for calling cards. Contains two cards, one of Miss Bernice Moore and one of Harry Anderson. Date of the cards and the case is unknown. Women carried cases like this with cards to leave at a friend's house when making calls and finding the friend unavailable. |
Date |
c. 1900 |
Collection |
Museum |
Material |
Wood/Plastic/mother-of-pearl |
Number of images |
2 |
Notes |
Donor's note "Mother of pearl card case given by Mrs. Vern Whitney belonged to her mother Bernice Moore. Later Mrs. Harry Anderson and Mrs. David Cathcart." |
Subjects |
Calling cards Card cases |
Caption |
Mother-of-pearl calling card case (closed) |