Carpet Rag Box Social, Spring Hill House, Jeffersonville, Indiana, Feb. 26, 1904

A box social was a fundraising event as well as a social occasion. In this case, I believe that the guys had to bid on one of the "carpet rag balls," which they'd then have to unwrap in order to discover whose name was inside.

Once a fellow was able to determine which girl's name was inside the rag ball, he could dine with her and partake of the "box of eatables" she had brought along. Of course, if a guy had a steady girlfriend, he had darn well better figure out ahead of time which rag ball to bid on!

Box Social

A Carpet Rag Box Social will be held at the Spring Hill House on Friday eve., Feb. 26, 1904.

Proceeds for the benefit of the Spring House School.

Every girl bring a carpet rag ball with her name in the center. Also a box of eatables.

Similar events held at different times and places:

"Monticello [located in Kansas] was well represented at the 'carpet-rag' box social at Round Prairie school house last Wednesday evening."
--Olathe Mirror (Olathe, Kansas), Jan. 20, 1898, p. 2.

"Hallowe'en Rag Ball. A Hallowe'en Carpet-rag Ball will be held at the Trout Creek hall Saturday evening, November 3. Ladies should bring a carpet rag ball with name inside and a box supper for two. A price limit of $1.50 per ball has been set and the proceeds will be used for the purchase of playground apparatus for the Flat school."
--Sanders County Ledger (Thompson Falls, Montana), Oct. 25, 1917, p. 1.

Taken on: April 10, 2018

Tags:

ephemera

broadsides

leaflets

notices

fliers

flyers

circulars

announcements

advertising

ads

advertisements

paper

printed

box socials

Carpet Rag Box Social

boxes

socials

gatherings

events

fundraisers

fundraising

carpet rag balls

rags

rag balls

girls

children

names

eatables

food

Spring Hill

Spring Hill House

Spring House School

schools

Jeffersonville

Ind.

Indiana

February 26

1904

1900s

antique

old

vintage

typefaces

type

typography

fonts

box of eatables « less

Sets appears in: • Type and Lettering • Broadsides, Handbills, Signs, Posters, Etc. more » • Food and Drink • Fundraisers • Students, Teachers, and Schools • Parties and Picnics « less

Groups appears in: • Typography and Lettering • Ephemera more » • Historical Type and Lettering • Vintage Advertising • Early Advertising (pre 1920) • Ads Through the Ages • Vintage Typography • 100 years old postcards, etc. • Printed Ephemera • Advertising through the years • Text and Typography • vintage paper (ephemera) • PLANET EARTH BACK IN THE DAY • Victoriana and Edwardiana • PLANET EARTH VINTAGE ADVERTISING • Typographie rétro, vintage typography « less

Stats: 8,254 views

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder