I have some small cards that are about 1 1/2" x 2 1/2". They have little pleasant sayings on them. No hearts, so I would not say valentines. Any thought on what they might have been called? Looks like they were exchanged between people, perhaps in Sunday School, perhaps for other places. Jinny Angelis

On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Jinny Angelis <jinnya@msn.com> wrote: > > I have some small cards that are about 1 1/2" x 2 1/2". They have little > pleasant sayings on them. No hearts, so I would not say valentines. Any > thought on what they might have been called? Looks like they were exchanged > between people, perhaps in Sunday School, perhaps for other places. > > Jinny Angelis > http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/eaa/guide/scrapbooks/ "Rewards of merit: These cards were awarded to students in schools and Sunday schools and often found their way into scrapbooks." http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~larsenbrown/Histories/lorenawashburn.txt "When I was a child of 7 or 8 and 9 years of age, we received small tickets or cards with a passage from the New Testament printed on them each Sabbath morning at Sunday School. And when we had collected about 50 of those small cards, we could exchange them at Sunday School for a New Testament. We could also get those cards for reciting in our class chapters from the New Testament or any good poetry. My brother Parley and I put our tickets together and each got a Testament. Our sister Louisa, who was married and lived in Washington, Dixie, was visiting at home during the winter of 1869 and 70, so we decided we would put our Sunday School tickets together and get her a Testament for a present. We worked hard. I recited all the poems I could think of and chapters in the Bible. One morning I recited the 16th chapter of Mark. I repeated the names of both the Ancient and Modern Twelve Apostles and was still lacking a few tickets to get the Testament. I told my troubles to my teacher and she said "Can't you think of just one more poem to recite; it would likely be enough." I told her I had one more, but maybe she wouldn't like me to recite it to the class. She said "Oh go right ahead and recite it." So I recited the following: Oh may that cursed Jeff Davis float In open sea, in open boat, To islands cold without a coat, Glory hallelujah Without a compass, sail or oar, A million miles away from shore. Where mighty waves like mountains roar, Glory hallelujah Without a paddle, wheel or stern Where sharks e'er wait at every turn, May the devil take the whole concern, Glory hallelujah. It was enough. The teacher, suppressing smiles while others giggled, handed me the needed tickets and, after the closing prayer, I walked home with the New Testament." -- -- -- --Ô¿Ô-- K e V i N

Hello Jinny When I was in the Christian book trade those little cards were commonly called 'pocket cards'. There are many manufacturers, some of whom name their product with fanciful names, so 'pocket cards' is the overall name that covers all brands andvarieties. And, yes, very popular and useful for any number of friendly purposes for children or adults. Judith Harper Nelson, NZ On 05/11/2012 09:15, Jinny Angelis wrote: > I have some small cards that are about 1 1/2" x 2 1/2". They have little pleasant sayings on them. No hearts, so I would not say valentines. Any thought on what they might have been called? Looks like they were exchanged between people, perhaps in Sunday School, perhaps for other places. > > Jinny Angelis > > >

That's a start at least. These are all printed in fine blue ink. If there are any drawings, then very simple and usually not colored, although it looks like a couple had some red added to them, but not hearts. Some of the antique ones I saw online are relatively elaborate as you would expect. I'm sure that's why they were saved. Thanks, Jinny Angelis > Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 10:38:11 +1300 > From: quester@orcon.net.nz > To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [RMagic] little cards > > > > Hello Jinny > > When I was in the Christian book trade those little cards were commonly > called 'pocket cards'. There are many manufacturers, some of whom name > their product with fanciful names, so 'pocket cards' is the overall > name that covers all brands andvarieties. And, yes, very popular and > useful for any number of friendly purposes for children or adults. > > Judith Harper > Nelson, NZ > > On 05/11/2012 09:15, Jinny Angelis wrote: > > I have some small cards that are about 1 1/2" x 2 1/2". They have little pleasant sayings on them. No hearts, so I would not say valentines. Any thought on what they might have been called? Looks like they were exchanged between people, perhaps in Sunday School, perhaps for other places. > > > > Jinny Angelis > > > > > > > > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message