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  2. Cabinet card - Wikipedia

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    A true black-and-white image on a cabinet card is likely to have been produced in the 1890s or after 1900. The last cabinet cards were produced in the 1920s, even as late as 1924. Owing to the larger image size, the cabinet card steadily increased in popularity during the second half of the 1860s and into the 1870s, replacing the carte de ...

  3. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    Benjamin Franklin — George Washington The First U.S. Postage Stamps, issued 1847. The first stamp issues were authorized by an act of Congress and approved on March 3, 1847.[ 20] The earliest known use of the Franklin 5¢ is July 7, 1847, while the earliest known use of the Washington 10¢ is July 2, 1847.

  4. Punched card - Wikipedia

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    A 12-row/80-column IBM punched card from the mid-twentieth century. A punched card (also punch card[ 1] or punched-card[ 2]) is a piece of card stock that stores digital data using punched holes. Punched cards were once common in data processing and the control of automated machines . Punched cards were widely used in the 20th century, where ...

  5. A. & G. Taylor - Wikipedia

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    A. & G. Taylor was a British photographic business, and manufacturer of cabinet cards and cartes de visite, and later picture postcards. In 1866, the photographers Andrew Taylor (1832–1909) [1] and George Taylor opened their first studio in London's Cannon Street. They expanded to have 30 outlets in major British cities and some in the US.

  6. Index card - Wikipedia

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    The first early modern card cabinet was designed by 17th-century English inventor Thomas Harrison (c. 1640s). Harrison's manuscript on the "ark of studies" [ 13 ] ( Arca studiorum ) describes a small cabinet that allows users to excerpt books and file their notes in a specific order by attaching pieces of paper to metal hooks labeled by subject ...

  7. The American Card Catalog - Wikipedia

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    The American Card Catalog. The American Card Catalog: The Standard Guide on All Collected Cards and Their Values is a reference book for American trading cards produced before 1951, compiled by Jefferson Burdick. [1] Some collectors regard the book as the most important in the history of collectible cards. [2]

  8. File:Ida Bienert, cabinetcard by Emil Tietze, Bad Elster.jpg

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    Download QR code; Appearance. move to sidebar hide ... Ida Bienert mit Familie, Kabinettkarte von Emil Tietze, Bad Elster ca. 1890. Date: 1890: ... Color space ...

  9. 10 habits that can make your brain stronger this year - AOL

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    Using a fork, knife, or spoon at your next meal. Using your computer mouse. Writing. These exercises take something you already know how to do and put them in a new and demanding context. Doing ...