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N 36 B 18.1K C 2 E Sep 30, 2016 F Sep 30, 2016
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Check out my book of detachable acquaintance cards: May I See You Home?: 19th-Century Pickups for 21st-Century Suitors, by Alan Mays.

"May I see you home?"

An orange version of a popular acquaintance card. See below for another example.

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N 39 B 48.6K C 0 E Oct 16, 2012 F Oct 16, 2012
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Check out my book of detachable acquaintance cards: May I See You Home?: 19th-Century Pickups for 21st-Century Suitors, by Alan Mays.

"May I see you home?"

Tags:   ephemera acquaintance cards escort cards calling cards visiting cards flirtation cards name cards names cards paper printed men women hats canes couples walking together fences see you home mittens gloves requests questions yes or no yes no yes no alternatives choices acceptance refusal rejection puzzles rebuses humor humorous funny parodies brown Victorian 19th century nineteenth century antique old vintage three-part tripartite borders typefaces type typography fonts MayICUHome illustrations

N 29 B 11.3K C 1 E Apr 18, 2021 F Apr 18, 2021
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Another version—this one with distinctive typefaces—of a popular acquaintance card.

See also orange- and brown-colored versions of the card.

Check out my book of detachable acquaintance cards: May I See You Home?: 19th-Century Pickups for 21st-Century Suitors, by Alan Mays.

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N 8 B 35.1K C 2 E Jun 10, 2013 F Jun 13, 2013
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Or to put it more straightforwardly, this acquaintance card asks, "May I see you home?"

The Encyclopedia of Ephemera (New York: Routledge, 2000), p 4, provides additional information: "A novelty variant of the American calling card of the 1870s and 1880s, the acquaintance card was used by the less formal male in approaches to the less formal female. Given also as an 'escort card' or 'invitation card,' the device commonly carried a brief message and a simple illustration.... Flirtatious and fun, the acquaintance card brought levity to what otherwise might have seemed a more formal proposal. A common means of introduction, it was never taken too seriously."

Originally posted on Ipernity: May I C U Home?.

Check out my book of detachable acquaintance cards: May I See You Home?: 19th-Century Pickups for 21st-Century Suitors, by Alan Mays.

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N 21 B 12.7K C 1 E Aug 17, 2016 F Aug 17, 2016
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"Dear Miss, I very much desire the pleasure of your acquaintance and your company home this evening. If agreeable please keep this card, if not kindly return it. Yours truly, ________."

See also Fair Lady, I Send You This Beautiful Chromo with My Compliments (below) and my Acquaintance Cards album for additional examples.

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