Business cards from Mae's Millinery Shop

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Eight (8) business cards for Mae Reeves (.1-.8) all alike made from white cardstock with black printed text that read: "GRanite 6-6516 / Mae Reeves / Exclusive Custom Made Hats by 'Mae' / Draping Remodeling / 41 North 60th Street Philadelphia 39, Pa." A woman in a maid's uniform holding a large hat box is printed in the upper left corner. The reverse of .1-.4, .6, and .8 are blank. Handwritten in pencil upside down on the reverse of .5 is the text: "189-16-5978". Handwritten in pencil on the reverse of .7 is the text: "SH / 75453". One (1) business card for James W. Grant (.9) made from white cardstock with black printed text that reads: "Phone EVergreen 2-1557 / JAMES W. GRANT / CUB SCOUT MASTER - PACK No. 93 / DEMOCRAT COMMITTEEMAN - 1st DIV.-24th WARD / 309 NORTH 33rd STREET PHILADELPHIA 4, PA.

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