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In 1907 Fred C. Lounsbury of the Crescent Embossing Company of Paterson, New Jersey, was fully engaged in the postcard craze that had overtaken America and the rest of the world. Known primarily for his patriotic and holiday chromlithographic cards, he branched out into several notably magical and divinatory sets of cards, including a set on Good Luck curios, a set on Tea Leaf Reading (on display at my Mystic Tea Room website), a set on Palmistry, one on readins made with Dominoes and ADice, and a set called "Good Fortunes Told by Playing Cards." | |||
[[File:Postcard-Fred-C.-Lounsbury-Crescent-2037-1-Card-Four-Tens-Long-Life-Riches-Contentment.jpg|thumb|400px|center|Fred C. Lounsbury Crescent series 2037-1 Cartomany Postcard, 1907: Four Tens foretell Long Life, Riches, and Contentment]] | [[File:Postcard-Fred-C.-Lounsbury-Crescent-2037-1-Card-Four-Tens-Long-Life-Riches-Contentment.jpg|thumb|400px|center|Fred C. Lounsbury Crescent series 2037-1 Cartomany Postcard, 1907: Four Tens foretell Long Life, Riches, and Contentment]] | ||
[[File:Postcard-Fred-C.-Lounsbury-Crescent-2037-2-Cards-Ten-of-Clubs-Success-and-Riches.jpg|thumb|400px|center|Fred C. Lounsbury Crescent series 2037-2 Cartomany Postcard, 1907: The Ten of Clubs foretells Success and Riches]] | [[File:Postcard-Fred-C.-Lounsbury-Crescent-2037-2-Cards-Ten-of-Clubs-Success-and-Riches.jpg|thumb|400px|center|Fred C. Lounsbury Crescent series 2037-2 Cartomany Postcard, 1907: The Ten of Clubs foretells Success and Riches]] | ||
Revision as of 22:15, 28 September 2021
In 1907 Fred C. Lounsbury of the Crescent Embossing Company of Paterson, New Jersey, was fully engaged in the postcard craze that had overtaken America and the rest of the world. Known primarily for his patriotic and holiday chromlithographic cards, he branched out into several notably magical and divinatory sets of cards, including a set on Good Luck curios, a set on Tea Leaf Reading (on display at my Mystic Tea Room website), a set on Palmistry, one on readins made with Dominoes and ADice, and a set called "Good Fortunes Told by Playing Cards."
