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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 readings made with Dominoes and Dice, and a set called "Good Fortunes as told by Cards." Due to the size of his press, every Lounsbury set was issued in a group of eight cards, or multiples thereof. | In 1907 Fred C. Lounsbury of the Crescent Embossing Company of Paterson, New Jersey, was fully engaged in the [[Categorizing Cards|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 readings made with Dominoes and Dice, and a set called "Good Fortunes as told by Cards." Due to the size of his press, every Lounsbury set was issued in a group of eight cards, or multiples thereof. | ||
[[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 Cartomancy 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 Cartomancy Postcard, 1907: Four Tens foretell Long Life, Riches, and Contentment]] | ||
Lounsbury's cartomancy set was officially marked as Crescent series 2037, 1 through 8, and the cards are sequentially numbered as such on their faces. The word "Crescent" -- the name of | Lounsbury's cartomancy set was officially marked as Crescent series 2037, 1 through 8, and the cards are sequentially numbered as such on their faces. The word "Crescent" -- the name of the company -- was stylized as a waning crescent moon that formed the letter "C." | ||
[[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 Cartomancy 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 Cartomancy Postcard, 1907: The Ten of Clubs foretells Success and Riches]] | ||
Revision as of 22:37, 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 readings made with Dominoes and Dice, and a set called "Good Fortunes as told by Cards." Due to the size of his press, every Lounsbury set was issued in a group of eight cards, or multiples thereof.
Lounsbury's cartomancy set was officially marked as Crescent series 2037, 1 through 8, and the cards are sequentially numbered as such on their faces. The word "Crescent" -- the name of the company -- was stylized as a waning crescent moon that formed the letter "C."
