Linen period, 1930-1945

Embossing high quality card stock with linen finish texture allowed the ink and dyes on the cards’ surface to dry quicker and the result was more colorful and brighter images. Some linen period cards still used white borders, but their paper and images were much higher quality than their predecessors.

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University Library, Bethlehem, Pa. Mebane Greeting Card Co., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

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Hotel Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Pa. Published by O.M. Styron & Co., Washington D.C.; Printed by Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, Ill.

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Masonic Temple, Bethlehem, Pa. R. Ramsay Mebane.

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Library, Lehigh University South Bethlehem, Pa. Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, Ill.

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The Oldest Drug Store in the U.S.A., Bethlehem, Pa. The Membane Greeting Card Co.

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Greetings from Bethlehem Pennsylvania. The Mebane Greeting Co.

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"On the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway" - Railroad Bridge at Kilbourn, Wis.