“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(I remembered very little about the bow, yet subjectively I was sure it had been taken from a greeting card of some kind. I work for a greeting card company, but did not remember seeing other ribbons like it there in particular. I did not recall the card the ribbon came from, nor why I had removed it—if I was the one who had done so. I hoped Seth could fill us in on the details. The bow was in poor condition, and I assumed I had carried it home in a coat pocket sometime last winter.

(“Five and ten.” This could apply in that the card would have an excellent chance of being marketed in a five-and-ten store. I say this because most of our merchandise produced at my place of employment is so marketed. I also felt subjectively that the ribbon came from my place of employment, though I cannot prove this at the moment on my own. Seth agrees however.

Now, the numbers referred to a number on the card. I do not know if this was a catalog number, but some identifying number.

(I was still trying to find out from Seth just what card the ribbon had been taken from.

(“What card was it?”)

The card in the center contained a street. This was the railroad connection, an interpretation of the parallel lines. Trees, a get-well card I believe. The ribbon at the top, and a small bouquet of flowers. The earlier date marked the first appearance of the card.

(The above is a good generalized description of a certain type of card produced by Artistic. Jane has seen cards like this of course. I still had no specific recollection of the kind I wanted.

(“Then I did bring this particular card, bearing the ribbon, home from work then?”)

In ‘63 some changes were made or the card was resurrected.

(This process goes on all the time at Artistic, as it does at most such greeting card firms.)

(Again, this is a good description of a certain type of card produced at Artistic. I dislike them.)

You do not handle the line now, but the card has been kept.

(This too is possible. Due to a reorganization at the first of the year Artistic discontinued several lines of cards and sold the film libraries involved to other publishers.)

(Again, possible. Before the reorganization this year Artistic dealt with many artists and firms in the northeastern states, including New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. It still does to some extent. Jane did not know this. Without the card from which the envelope object was taken however, I cannot track down any specific artist or company.)

Your coworker, Curt, handled the card also.

(Seth refers to a young artist I work with. I am not sure just when Curt joined Artistic, except that it was probably after 1963. But not much after. If the card in question was revamped in 1963 it is possible that Curt might have handled it as one of his first jobs.