Charming Vintage Business Cards

I gasped when I saw these – such a nerdy graphic designer thing to do but I think even those not in the "biz" can appreciate how charming these are. Look at the penmanship and the amazing little boat illustration! It appears that people used to just pick a precut card and paper style and have their names either stamped or hand lettered on to each with simply the town they were from or a title. There was only one card that had a year which was 1876. Personally, I can't imagine not being thrilled with the title of Cheese Maker or Confectioner. Maybe I should change my card to "Consumer of all things Confection and Cheese Related." Sounds good no? It's dead-on accurate at least.  ;-)

This amazing collection can be seen in detail on Flickr as posted by Ink Ling.