Linda Golden writes from Tucson Arizona:
"After my Grandmother (Mildred LAGAISSE DENOLF) passed away last Christmas..one of the treasures of hers we found were many 'Belgian Cards'. These cards are carved out of bone, and somewhat lacey looking. My Grandfather says they date back as far as the 1800's.  There are over a dozen of them. Most are made from bone, very thin yet very hard, even brittle, the dates of them range from the 1930's and back. Some are made of a wax type paper with the picture on it. One (at left) that was for my great Aunt, who died as a child (1922) has 'squeeze' button in the center that still squeaks. The ones that are of bone have a lace or scalloped edge."

We don't know what the bony cards are made of, or what the cards are for, so if you can shed some light on this please write the webmaster or Linda.
 

The back of this card is in mostly illegible Dutch 

The back looks like a postcard.

The back  has a short note but all you can read is  "gelukkig"

This one is pretty fancy. On the back is a nice note from "Susanne".

The back of this one is pretty murky. Date is 1922?

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Here's another page full of these cards, plus a picture of Linda Golden and her grandfather Adolph DENOLF. The page loads kind of slow because they are full pictures, not thumbnails, but I figured that if you are that interested you'll want to wait. I think they're worth it. (Says Jim, the former webmaster.) Click HERE.