Calling card
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card
Measurements
36 mm (Width); 72 mm (Length)
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 938301.16
Summary
Calling card for Mr. John P Gavit; black print on white/cream card. One of a collection of calling/business cards contained in writing case, DUN/L/16. 'Sorry to miss you / Friday evening, with pleasure! / JPG' (handwritten in black ink on the front). John Palmer Gavit was described by Time Magazine U.S. as, 'grand inquisitor of American university life and reporter extraordinary'.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).