Burris and Byrd Family Card Sample Case
name: label: Creator
content: Burris, Jeanne
label: Creator
content: Burris, Charlene
label: Creator
content: Byrd, James
label: Creator
content: Byrd Family
label: Creator
content: Byrd, Kathryn
place: label: Place
content: Atlanta (Ga.)
label: Place
content: Ohio
topic: label: Topic
content: Traveling sales personnel
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Jeanne and Charles Burris and James and Kathryn Byrd and Family, date unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Burris, Jeanne
label: Creator
content: Burris, Charlene
label: Creator
content: Byrd, James
label: Creator
content: Byrd Family
label: Creator
content: Byrd, Kathryn
abstract: label: Summary
content: Pocket sample case of stationary products offered by the Ohio Card Company, Cadiz, Ohio.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: The Ohio Card Company was a dealer in postcards, namecards, fine art pictures, games, novelties, etc. The company offered a way of ordering namecards and postcards via the mail using sample books. Acquired in the 1920s (probably in Atlanta, Georgia) by Charlene J. Burris's grandparents (Milton and Mary Lola Johnson) to hold a lock of hair from Ms. Burris's mother (Ouida LaRuth Johnson, b. 1918).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Folder
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1920
container: label: Container
content: Box 1 (Shared box)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0126
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Card samples
label: Type
content: Picture postcards
label: Type
content: Trade literature
label: Type
content: Greeting cards
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Sample books
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by C.A. Orr, 1989
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Card samples
label: Genre/Form
content: Picture postcards -- 20th century -- United States
label: Genre/Form
content: Trade literature
label: Genre/Form
content: Greeting cards
label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
label: Genre/Form
content: Sample books
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: A pocket sample case of greeting cards and postcards offered for sale by the Ohio Card Company of Cadiz, Ohio.