Tortoiseshell Card Case
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1890
notes: label: Description
content: This is a tortoiseshell calling card case from the mid-1800s. It was most likely used by a woman to keep the calling cards she would leave when making house calls to friends or family. Calling cards were prevalent during the Victorian era and were often displayed in decorative receivers (or trays) near the front entry of one’s home.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Constance H. Schwab
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0286.03
label: accession number
content: 1982.0286
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0286.3
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card case
label: Other Terms
content: card case; Accessories Carried; Female