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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cxgirl, post: 96872, member: 63&quot;]Lucky you to have found one from your family TOG! Yes, I should have put these sites in my first post, sorry about that - they are on the bottom of this post.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>By the beginning of the 19th century, the etiquette of calling was a firmly established ritual in society, and the calling card an essential part of introductions, invitations and visits. Calling cards evolved in England as a way for people to get into the elite social circle, and for those already there to keep out the unwanted. Calling cards could keep social aspirants at a distance until they could be properly screened.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">The cards were delivered by hand - I have found some with envelopes but&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if they all came with envelopes and there were no envelopes with mine.</font></p><p>Mine range in size from 1 3/4&quot; x 2 1/2&quot; - 2 3/4&quot; x 4&quot; and have different layers, some have a piece/flap that lifts up to uncover a name or saying (Spring translated the one for me)</p><p><a href="http://www.daysofelegance.com/callingcards.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.daysofelegance.com/callingcards.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.daysofelegance.com/callingcards.html</a></p><p><a href="http://www.literary-liaisons.com/article026.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.literary-liaisons.com/article026.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.literary-liaisons.com/article026.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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