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Subject: Social Stationery

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Calling Card of Benjamin N. CardozoCalling Card of Benjamin N. Cardozo

This is a calling card, or visiting card, of Benjamin N. Cardozo. The front of the card features only the name "Judge Cardozo" printed neatly. The back of the card is blank. A second image shows a similar card, possibly a variation of the same design. Both cards are simple in design, typical of social stationery from the early 20th century.

New Year's Card from Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf and Wife, Kansas City, Missouri, 1886New Year's Card from Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf and Wife, Kansas City, Missouri, 1886

New Years Card - Custom printed card in mostly English; ; from the Rabbi & Mrs. Jos.Krauskopf; cut decorative edges;...Kansas City, Missouri......1886...this card is from his first pulpit as a Rabbi after ordination....he assumed this position in 1883.(Congregation B'nai Jehudah in Kansas City, Missouri) Joseph Krauskopf (January 21, 1858 – June 12, 1923) was a prominent American Jewish rabbi, author, leader of Reform Judaism, founder of the National Farm School (now Delaware Valley University), and long-time (1887–1923) rabbi at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel (KI), the oldest reform synagogue in Philadelphia which under Krauskopf, became the largest reform congregation in the nation.