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8 unusual facts about Hallmark Cards


1935–36 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

It would also turn out to be Ruby's final head coaching job anywhere as he would leave to pursue a career with Hallmark Greeting Cards.

Cheer-Accident

Jones took the name of the band from a Hallmark Cards shopping display, and first formed the group in 1981 with singer Jim Drummond and drummer Mike Greenlees.

James Taylor: A Christmas Album

It was released on a limited-edition basis in 2004, with distribution through Hallmark Cards.

Little Hatch

He closed his business in 1954 and took a job with Hallmark Cards.

Love Revival

The album was released on January 2, 2008 exclusively at Hallmark gift and card stores in the United States.

Marjolein Bastin

A Hallmark designer discovered Marjolein's artwork while on a trip to Holland in the early 1990s.

Naelee Rae

She also has done over 40 national network commercials, some of which include Disney, Hallmark Cards, American Express, Chrysler, T-Mobile, Claritin, and more.

William Whitney House

The house was featured in a national television commercial for Hallmark Cards, earning the residence its nickname.


Greengate Centre

It also contains dozens of smaller retailers such as Five Below, GameStop, Hallmark Gold Crown, Lane Bryant, Pearle Vision, General Nutrition Centers, RadioShack, and Verizon Wireless.

Greeting card

In the 1970s Recycled Paper Greetings, a small company needing to establish a competing identity against the large companies like Hallmark Cards, began publishing humorous "whimsical" card designs with the artist's name credited on the back.

Incitrio

Prior to Incitrio, Ms. Hill’s national clients included: Hallmark, Williams-Sonoma, Mars Candy, Energizer, Ford Motor Co., Sun Microsystems, Intel, Maersk: Shipping and Energy, Pacific Gas & Electric, Merrill Lynch and Vis.

James R. Lucas

Lucas' corporate career began in 1972 with VF Corporation, followed by stints at Hallmark Cards where he managed projects for the Crown Center Redevelopment Corporation, Black & Veatch Corporation where he managed construction of chemical processing and power plants, and Epic Manufacturing, a manufacturing firm founded by his father-in-law, James Petersen.

Maximizer Software

To date, Maximizer Software has sold over 1.6 million licenses to more than 120,000 customers in various industries, ranging in size from entrepreneurs to multi-national organizations, including: Hallmark Cards, HSBC, TD Securities, Gemcom, Ipsos, Vancouver Coastal Health, Royal LePage, and Cathay Pacific.

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

In 2006, Hallmark Cards chairman Donald J. Hall, Sr., donated to the museum the entire Hallmark Photographic Collection, spanning the history of photography from 1839 to the present day.

Scott Gardenhour

Since opening their doors eleven years ago, Scott has guided successful campaigns for the likes of Audi, Nike, AT&T and Toshiba, including the Emmy Award-winning commercial, 'Required Reading', for Hallmark that originated as a spec spot, concepted and created by The Institute.


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