Thomas Nast (1840-1902), the "German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist often considered to be the 'Father of the American Cartoon,'" illustrated this ticket for the Fancy Dress Ball held on March 27, 1867, by the Arion Society of New York, "a German-American musical society."
Nast also illustrated the other side of the ticket, and his illustration of the ball itself -- see Grand masquerade ball of the Arion Society at the Academy of Music, New York, March 27, 1867 / TN -- appeared in the April 13, 1867, issue of Harper's Weekly, pp. 232-33.
Arion Fancy Dress Ball
Wednesday, March 27th, 1867.
Academy of Music.
J. P. Davis & Speer SC
Th. Nast
Side 2
Admit Mr. [------------?}
and Lady
Introduced by [------------?}
This ticket must be retained and shown to the Committe[e]
No. 424
Th. Nast
J. P. Davis & Speer
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Thomas Nast illustrated this ticket for the Fancy Dress Ball held on March 27, 1867, by the Arion Society of New York.
This is the back of the ticket. See also Nast's illustration for the front of the ticket.
Admit Mr. [------------?}
and Lady
Introduced by [------------?}
This ticket must be retained and shown to the Committe[e]
No. 424
Th. Nast
J. P. Davis & Speer
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This is a real photo postcard used as an advertisement by the Keely Stove Company of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The card dates to 1920, and it shows a woman with a candlestick telephone. She's getting married and wants a Keely Columbian Stove just like her mother has, so she's telephoning Herr & Co. in Lancaster, Pa., to order one. In other versions of the ad that I spotted online, the same woman is phoning J. A. Best & Co. in Allentown, Pa., and Bennett & Billington in Canajoharie, N.Y.
I have another copy of this postcard that was addressed to Miss Fannie Groff, Kirkwood, Lanc. Co., Pa., R.R.#1, and mailed in New Providence, Pa., on Nov. 3, 1920. The handwritten message on that copy doesn't refer to the advertisement itself but the writer does mention "phoning" and "call[ing] . . . on the phone":
"Tue. eve. [Nov. 2]. Dear Fannie, I received your letter this morning. I guess you think I am a great one for not phoning to you, but I was so busy today. And Jacob came up to vote [Warren G. Harding won the U.S. presidential election held that day], and because it rained he is staying up so I was not at Margie's to stay all night. Fannie, I won't be down this week, but I will come next Fri. eve. as far as I know now, if it suits you. We are invited to a kitchen shower on Sat. eve. Write to let me know if it will suit. And I will write later or call you up on the phone. R.E.M."
History of this Genuine Photo
The mother of this young lady has a Columbian Stove manufactured by The Keely Stove Co., Columbia, Pa. She is about to get married and telephones to Herr & Co., 7 E. King St., Lancaster, Pa., for she wants one just like Mother's.
515. Schaefer Ross Co., Inc., Rochester, N.Y.
A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of telephones.
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A late nineteenth- or early twentieth-century escort or acquaintance card. This twist on the typical Escort Card asks permission to "stand under my umbrella" rather than "sit on the fence" to "see you go by."
Escort Card.
May I have the pleasure of escorting you home this rainy evening? If so, keep this card. If not, please may I stand under my umbrella and see you go by?
Strictly Confidential.
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The man at lower right is holding a string that he pulled to release the shutter on a camera to take this photo. With this "string selfie," he captured a portrait of himself and thirteen other members of his family, including a man and a woman at the front who are holding a small kid on their laps.
This is a real photo postcard with a divided back and a type of Azo stamp box (with four corner triangles pointing up) on the other side that suggests a possible date that may be as early as 1907 to 1918. There's no address, postmark, or message on the verso.
A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of proud papa -- man holding an infant or small child.
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