An example of a "will call card" or "advance card" that a sales agent could fill out and send to let a customer know when to expect a visit. In this case, Louis P. Michaels of the Perfection Playing Card Company was informing the H. Stern Jr. & Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to expect a sales call from him on or about October 14, 1893.
This is a Pioneer-era postal card addressed on the other side to H. Stern Jr. & Co, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and postmarked in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 1, 1893.
For other sales call cards, see my Advance Cards album.
Perfection Playing Card Co.,
Nos. 71 & 73 Spring Street, New York.
"Will Call!" -
Upon you about the 14 of Oct.
Standard Goods, - New Colors, - Low Prices
Oblige by reserving Orders for
Yours Truly,
Louis P. Michaels
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A postal card addressed to H. Stern Jr. & Co, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and postmarked in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 1, 1893.
For the front of the card, see Will Call Postal Card, Perfection Playing Card Company, 1893.
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"Hirschl & Bendheim, 419 N. 4th St., St. Louis, Mo., sole agents, 'Missouri Meerschaum,' cob pipes. Manufactured only by H. Tibbe & Son., M'f'g Co. No. 3. No. 7. Patent. Will call about August 31st. Solomon Hirschl."
A postal card addressed on the other side to: "Messrs. H. Stern Jr. & Bro., Milwaukee, Wisc."
Postmarked: "St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 23, 1893."
Solomon Hirschl sent this to announce his sales call in advance of his trip from St. Louis to Milwaukee. This type of "advance card" was typical--see the Cigar History Museum's Salesmen’s Advance Cards for some other interesting examples.
A Wikipedia search reveals that the Missouri Meerschaum Company (formerly H. Tibbe & Son) is still in business today and is the "world's oldest and largest manufacturer of corncob pipes."
Originally posted on Ipernity: Missouri Meerschaum, Cob Pipes, 1893.
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On April 14. 1900, Frank T. Johnson, a sheriff in Sacramento, sent this printed postal card to A. C. Busch, a sheriff located about 100 miles away in Downieville, California. Sheriff Johnson was seeking help in tracking down John Greaney, who had escaped from the Sacramento County Jail on April 10.
Instead of circulating a wanted poster with a photograph, Johnson distributed copies of this card with a written description of the escapee. He said, among other things, that Greaney "[l]ooks like a dope fiend," has "deep set eyebrows" that are "quite heavy," is wearing "blue overalls" but "may have discarded them," and is "slightly lame from [a] recent bullet wound in [the] groin" (ouch!). Would these details really be that helpful in identifying a suspect?
Another copy of this card appears in a scrapbook containing Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Wanted Fliers - 1899/1901, p. 78, upper right-hand corner. Although some of the wanted notices in the sheriff's book have handwritten notations designating "captured" or "arrested," there's no indication on Greaney's card that anyone ever claimed the ten-dollar reward for his capture.
See also the address and postmark on the other side of this card.
ESCAPED!
TEN DOLLARS REWARD will be paid for the capture of John Greaney, who escaped from Sacramento County Jail, April 11, 1900.
DESCRIPTION--Twenty-eight or thirty years of age, about 6 feet tall, slim build, weight about 170 pounds, dark hair (no beard or mustache), bluish-grey eyes, deep set eyebrows--quite heavy, square features, was quite freckled, was slightly lame from recent bullet wound in groin, square shoulders. Wore, when last seen, black derby hat, dark square cut coat and vest, blue overalls (may have discarded them), tan shoes, prison or Siwash overshirt. Looks like a dope fiend. Is a macquerau [i.e., maquereau, meaning pimp] and will be found around houses of disrepute and dives.
Arrest and wire or telephone at my expense.
FRANK T. JOHNSON,
Sheriff, Sacramento, Cal.
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The address and postmark on the back of a postal card announcing a reward of 10 dollars for the capture of John Greaney, who escaped from the Sacramento County Jail in Sacramento, California, on April 10, 1900.
See also the front of the card.
Postal Card - One Cent
United States of America.
This side is for the address only.
A. C. Busch, Sheriff
Downieville,
Cal.
Postmark: Sacramento, Cal., Apr. 14, 1900, 11 AM.
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