I'm the Official Card & Stationery Sorter at the Thrift Store––because I like to do it and because no one had been staying on top of it for a while.
Most of the donated paper goods originated with charities that reward donors with sets of cards. People donate good new cards too, and then there are the best:
the random vintage cards, often in boxes leftover, I imagine, from the lives of women like my late Auntie Mary whose dedication to sending birthday cards to everyone, every year, was mentioned in her obituary.
I have to pay full price (25 cents/card), but I get first pick of the goods. I got these three unused cards yesterday. They're a little demented, I think--those acid colors, and they're textured too: the wavy lines you see are raised.
Most of the donated paper goods originated with charities that reward donors with sets of cards. People donate good new cards too, and then there are the best:
the random vintage cards, often in boxes leftover, I imagine, from the lives of women like my late Auntie Mary whose dedication to sending birthday cards to everyone, every year, was mentioned in her obituary.
I have to pay full price (25 cents/card), but I get first pick of the goods. I got these three unused cards yesterday. They're a little demented, I think--those acid colors, and they're textured too: the wavy lines you see are raised.
What do you think, are they from the 1970s?
I can't find any information about the company that printed them, A Select Card:
