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The Business Cards of Famous People

by sidwyn on 1/22/13, 3:10 PM with 19 comments

  • by hugi on 1/22/13, 3:50 PM

    Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark!
  • by zb on 1/22/13, 4:30 PM

    At least two of these (Wright Brothers and Albert Einstein) appear to be sourced from this site: http://krjgifts.com/ (which is selling them).

    Which is, I guess, why they look so new - because they're fake. Or, as that site puts it "reproductions". Which is to say, fake. "Hanger @ Huffman Field"? Give me a break.

  • by jstalin on 1/22/13, 3:23 PM

    Not sure if Zuckerberg's is fake or if he is that much of an arrogant prick...
  • by GabrielF00 on 1/22/13, 4:13 PM

    Could someone explain the short paragraph on Abraham Lincoln's business card? It's quite charming - he says he's willing to tell jokes and split rails in addition to practicing law - but I'm curious about the reference to "the terrible time I've had in crossing the stream".
  • by T-hawk on 1/22/13, 4:58 PM

    Side note, but dear god it is fantastically ugly and jarring to have advertisements inserted inline in that article between the card images. Can't anybody figure out how to make the World Wide Web better than this?
  • by stcredzero on 1/22/13, 4:07 PM

    Another BS "mobile" site. Is it really necessary to take 5 seconds to load just for that? When I see that BS on the iPad, I hit the back button and go elsewhere.
  • by spyder on 1/22/13, 5:11 PM

    "In today’s climate of cell phone contacts, Facebook and LinkedIn, business cards may be becoming a thing of the past." Is this true? If you meet a stranger do you start to type his name right in to your phone? It seems simpler to accept the business card and enter his contact info in the phone later after the meeting.
  • by jwillgoesfast on 1/26/13, 5:20 AM

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  • by jwillgoesfast on 1/22/13, 6:06 PM

    Does anyone know what font face Steve Job's card is in? http://assets.flavorwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/jobs...
  • by SkyMarshal on 1/22/13, 6:09 PM

    Interesting that Steve Jobs's lists him as VP instead of President, CEO, Founder, Chairman, etc. I'm guessing that card was circa John Sculley?
  • by rplacd on 1/22/13, 4:02 PM

    What face does the Wright Brothers card use? It can't be Futura - it came out in 1927; Wilbur Wright died 1912.
  • by jcoder on 1/22/13, 5:02 PM

    Zuck continues to not surprise me.