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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
Visiting card. 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 someone (which means to visit their house or workplace).
The Benz Patent-Motorwagen Number 3 of 1888, used by Bertha Benz for the highly publicized first long-distance road trip by automobile (of over 106 km / 60 miles). The world's first recorded long-distance road trip by the automobile took place in Germany in August 1888 when Bertha Benz, the wife of Karl Benz, the inventor of the first patented motor car (the Benz Patent-Motorwagen), traveled ...
As tensions escalate in the Middle East, U.S. airlines are again pausing service to Israel. Get lifestyle news, with the latest style articles, fashion news, recipes, home features, videos and ...
2012 (launched 1 February with Peninsula Taxi Association in the Western Cape) [1] Cape Town. MyConnect ( MasterCard PayPass) Golden Arrow Gold Card [2] MyCiti, Golden Arrow Bus Services. 2011, [3] 2018 [4] Durban. Muvo ( MasterCard PayPass) eThekwini Transport Authority with Standard Bank of South Africa. 2012.
Between 1888 and 1890, Swami Vivekananda visited Vaidyanath in Allahabad. On 18 January 1890 he went from Allahabad to Ghazipur and met Pavhari Baba, [ 4][ 18] an Advaita Vedanta ascetic who spent much of his time in meditation. [ 19] At the time he suffered from lumbago, [ 18] and it was becoming impossible for him to move or sit in meditation ...
In the 19th century, American social convention made international travel by the incumbent president taboo, though foreign travel by former presidents was acceptable. The most widely publicized trip of this nature was the 1877–79 world tour of Ulysses S. Grant. Domestic travel was regarded as a welcome opportunity for presidents to talk with ...
A statue dedicated to the traveler in Oviedo, Spain. This is a list of notable travelers, consisting of people that are known for their travels or explorations.Travel is the movement of people between relatively distant geographical locations, and can involve travel by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, airplane, or other means and can be one way or round trip.