cartes

Our voices as we called the cartes seemed now and then to me like a discourtesy to the peace and order of the night.

John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro

Sheriff Substitute rode through the village once a month to spend a night over the "cartes" with his friend the General, he too only laughed and rode on.

The Dew of Their Youth 1887

Barefooted and clad only in swim trunks (it is too hot for clothing), my busy-bodied better half is mumbling something about cards ... cartes de visite.

Cafés 2010

Barefooted and clad only in swim trunks (it is too hot for clothing), my busy-bodied better half is mumbling something about cards ... cartes de visite.

Books 2010

As was the custom of the times, the studio's photographs were reprinted on tiny cards called "cartes de visite," making his work greatly accessible.

Mathew Brady's photographs made a president, captured reality of Civil War Jacqueline Trescott 2010

Barefooted and clad only in swim trunks (it is too hot for clothing), my busy-bodied better half is mumbling something about cards ... cartes de visite.

Bon Appétit! 2010

Business cards and cartes de visites suggest that commercial studios thrived in many port cities.

Chinese Behind the Lens Richard B. Woodward 2011

“Um, gracias… Mon cartes…” She held up a card and pointed at the other cards sticking out of the boy's fingers.

Klondike Kelli Trapnell 2011

Here is a fascinating slideshow of cabinet cards, postcards, or cartes de visite from 1900 Germany.

Boing Boing 2009

After the Oz material, the catalogue's remaining pages offer a look at Avi's real name, a signed first edition of Dr. Seuss's And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, Sherwood Anderson's copy of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, and a "Group of 7 different cartes-de-visite of cartoons depicting Jefferson Davis dressed as a woman."

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