Calling Card hand-drawn with a Religous theme Missouri family photo

Calling Card hand-drawn with a Religous theme

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This is a hand drawn calling card ca. 1865-1870 with Q. P. Coffman, Piketon, Stoddard County, MO. on the reverse side that is also hand printed. The message around the edges combined with the dove ha ... show more

Mystery: Can anyone tell the occupation of Q. P. Coffman. Was he a photographer? A Religious person? Why would he have needed a calling card? What is the significance of the dove & the poem around the edges?

This is a hand drawn calling card ca. 1865-1870 with Q. P. Coffman, Piketon, Stoddard County, MO. on the reverse side that is also hand printed. The message around the edges combined with the dove has a religious theme. It was found in papers of a William G. Horton who lived in Stoddard County, MO 1860-1870

Mystery: Can anyone tell the occupation of Q. P. Coffman. Was he a photographer? A Religious person? Why would he have needed a calling card? What is the significance of the dove & the poem around the edges?

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