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History of Christening Invitations

The birth of a new baby in the late nineteenth century was announced in various ways; there were no set rules of etiquette for making the announcement. Sometimes engraved cards bearing the baby’s name and date of birth were sent by themselves in small envelopes; other times, they were inserted in an envelope with the mother's visiting-card—these were hand-written instead of engraved.

A simpler form of announcement was simply the mother's visiting-card with the new baby’s name and the date of birth written under the name of the mother.

One of the more elegant customs of announcing a birth to all who would be interested was to send small engraved cards—for a girl cards 1-1/2 by 1-1/4 inches, almost square, and for a boy l by 2 inches in size—with the name in the center, and the date of the birth in the lower left corner.

These cards would be attached to the mother's visiting-card by a piece of white baby ribbon which was inserted through a hole made in the top of both cards and tied in a tiny neat bow.

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