Re:Calling card
by stephengillie on Saturday March 25, 2017 @10:04AM
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My uncle loved to give people his card. Just like any business man from the time, he would reach into his pocket during a lengthy conversation, saying "here, let me give you my card."
Out would come this plain white business card, with 2 words printed: "My Card".
He would perform this satire with the most grace and seriousness he could muster.
"only existed in the West." Are you sure? I think I remember these mentionned in the vast Chinese classic litterature. It was the nearly the same usage: an expensive piece of parper with a name on it that was sent back and forth to prepare an irl meeting.
It is a more general article on what we now call business cards, and contains a significant amount of information about the use of business cards in Japan and the etiquette involved.
OP, on the other hand, is about a specific precursor to the modern business card that only existed in the West.