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Visiting card of Johann van Beethoven, brother of Ludwig van Beethoven. A visiting card, also called a calling card, was a small, decorative card that was carried by individuals to present themselves to others. It was a common practice in the 18th and 19th century, particularly among the upper classes, to leave a visiting card when calling on ...
In the early 1920s, Valdes started to work in the tailoring shop of her uncle in White Plains, New York. Around the same time, Valdes began working as a stock girl at a high-end boutique. Eventually, she worked her way up to selling and making alterations, becoming the shop's first black sales clerk and tailor.
A typical tailor shop would have a master, a foreman, several journeymen, and apprentices. The apprentices, often beginning their training as young adolescents and indentured to the master by their parents (for a fee), performed menial tasks such as cleaning, managing the fires to heat the pressing-irons, running errands, and matching fabric ...
The carte de visite was usually an albumen print from a collodion negative on thin paper glued onto a thicker paper card. The size of a carte de visite is 54 mm (2.125 in) × 89 mm (3.5 in) (approximately the size of a business card), mounted on a card sized 64 mm (2.5 in) × 100 mm (4 in). The reverse was generally printed with the logo of the ...
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NASCAR is set to run the season-opening exhibition Clash race at Bowman-Gray in February. The victory moves Allison, 86, into a solo fourth place on NASCAR’s all-time wins list.
Ann Arbor University Shop 332 S. State Street. University Shop serving University of Michigan community. 21st SFA store at time of opening. Aug 15, 1960 [54] [55] closed New York metro area Commack, Long Island New York: Saks-34th Commack branch Commack Shopping Center, Jericho Turnpike. Designed by Copeland, Novak & Assoc. Converted to Gimbels ...
Mitchell finished with 36 points and eight rebounds, and he shot 7-of-16 from behind the arc. Darius Garland added 17 points and five assists, and Mobley finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds.