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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 ...
An attorney's business card, 1895 Eugène Chigot, post impressionist painter, business card 1890s A business card from Richard Nixon's first Congressional campaign, in 1946 Front and back sides of a business card in Vietnam, 2008 A Oscar Friedheim card cutting and scoring machine from 1889, capable of producing up to 100,000 visiting and business cards a day
For the "International Standardization of Statistics Relating to Book Production and Periodicals", UNESCO defines a pamphlet as "a non-periodical printed publication of at least 5 but not more than 48 pages, exclusive of the cover pages, published in a particular country and made available to the public" and a book as "a non-periodical printed ...
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Master and members of the company visiting the company's frigate HMS St Albans at Portsmouth in 2015. Following a livery tradition, many companies maintain close supportive links with units of the armed forces and the Marketors adopted 151 (London) Transport Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps. This link with the regiment provides a further ...
lit. "on the card, i.e. menu". In restaurants it refers to ordering individual dishes from the menu rather than a fixed-price meal. In America "à la carte menu" can be found, an oxymoron and a pleonasm. à propos regarding/concerning (the correct French is à propos de) affaire de cœur lit. a love affair aide-de-camp
Royal Bombay Yacht Club postcard, 1903, with the eastern 1881 building. Western 1896 club premises in Mumbai, as seen from the Gateway of India, 2018.. The Bombay Yacht Club was founded in 1846 with Henry Morland as club commodore and 30 years later, on the recommendation of Sir Philip Wodehouse, Queen Victoria permitted it to add the word Royal to its name.
The two-room "casino", a separate building for games and cards, was repaired by the Park Service and used as a meeting place for students visiting the key. The caretaker's residence was rehabilitated for the use of the key's resident ranger. [1] All of the Cocolobo structures were destroyed by Hurricane Andrew in 1992. [16]