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<p>[QUOTE="Christopher, post: 175518, member: 1646"]After everyone's input (which is immensely appreciated) I am still stumped. The cutout in the front of the storage compartment seems to make it impractical for keeping matches neatly in place as most vertical match holders are deep so the matches will remain upright. As far as a holder for a gentleman's card (waiting card) It wouldn't be something that someone would carry their cards in on their person and it doesnt seem to be the type of thing someone would have visitors leave their card in at their home. And as far as stamps, they all seem to be in some kind of covered holder (I assume to keep them from blowing around and possibly getting lost) Was it standard practice to keep one's own cards on their desk in their home? And at only 1.75 inches wide were business cards that small? After researching some history on gentleman's cards the smallest standard size I could find was in the US and UK at 2 inches.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Christopher, post: 175518, member: 1646"]After everyone's input (which is immensely appreciated) I am still stumped. The cutout in the front of the storage compartment seems to make it impractical for keeping matches neatly in place as most vertical match holders are deep so the matches will remain upright. As far as a holder for a gentleman's card (waiting card) It wouldn't be something that someone would carry their cards in on their person and it doesnt seem to be the type of thing someone would have visitors leave their card in at their home. And as far as stamps, they all seem to be in some kind of covered holder (I assume to keep them from blowing around and possibly getting lost) Was it standard practice to keep one's own cards on their desk in their home? And at only 1.75 inches wide were business cards that small? After researching some history on gentleman's cards the smallest standard size I could find was in the US and UK at 2 inches.[/QUOTE]
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