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Title
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Para Rubber Comp'y
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Description
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Advertising card for Para Rubber Company showing a banjo with an image of a woman's face on the front. Card is cut in the shape of the banjo, but part of neck has broken off. Bottom of card says: "Copyrighted by T. H. Hamburger 1882." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1032 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1882
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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J. E. Vincent and Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for J. E. Vincent and Co. showing a woman wearing a hat and shawl standing among trees. Below this image is one of daisies and butterflies. Front of card says: "Vincent's Millinery Opening, April 19 and 20, 1883." Card folds and inside says: "Our 4th Annual Opening of Fine French Millinery and Hair Goods, and Exhibition of Pattern Bonnets and Round Hats, also all the Latest Novelties, Thursday and Friday, April 19th and 20th, 1883." Back of card has image of a birds flying and tiny text: "Harrington, Typ." Address given inside card: 701 Main St., cor. Seventh, Kansas City.
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Frank Scott, Notions and Fancy Goods
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Description
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Advertising card for Frank Scott showing a woman in a dress with peacock feather hem, yellow wings, a gauzy shawl, and a butterfly antennae headband standing with thirteen birds of exotic species including a cockatoo, a crane, two kookaburras, a puffin, two owls, a pelican, a duck, and others. Front of card says: "Frank Scott, Notions and Fancy Goods...Lace Material, Berlin Zephyr, Canvas, Germantown Yarn, Knitting Silk, Crewels, Art Embroidery, Arrasene, etc., Decorative Needle Work, Turkish Rug Patterns, Patterns, Stamping, Honiton Braid." Front lower right side of image says: "Copyright 1881 by Geo. _____" (last part is obscured by image). Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 913 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1881
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, The
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Description
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Advertising card for The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. with portrait of woman in fancy dress. Card is "signed" on front "May Anderson." Back of card has small image of "Grandmother" and lists branch houses and their locations in cities around the U.S. A small stand is glued to the back of the card. Kansas City address given on back of card: 927 Main St. Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1884
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Woodward Stock Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Woodward Stock Co. with a photograph of a group of men, women, and two children. Front of card says: "Woodward Stock Co./ Souvenir Fiftieth Performance, Auditorium, Kansas City. November 22, 1897." Back of card is blank. No address is given.
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Date
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1897
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Nicolai and Michaelis
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Description
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Advertising card for Nicolai and Michaelis showing a donkey in a changing room on the beach and women on the beach looking at it, surprised. One of four cards with similar subject and design. Front of card says: "Nicolai and Michaelis, Fine Hats, Caps and Gloves..."."" Children's Hats and Caps a Specialty." Front lower right corner says: "Copyright 1882 J. N. Bufford's Sons." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 614 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1882
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
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Description
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Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing a baby in a nest surrounded by five women or girls in fancy dress looking down on it. One of four cards with similar theme. Back of card lists branch houses and their addresses in cities around the U.S. Kansas City address given on back of card:
927 Main St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1882
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Owen, Pixley & Co., Clothiers
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Description
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Advertising card for Owen, Pixley & Co. with an image of a woman wearing a hat surrounded by a floral border. Back of card says: "You are cordially invited to be present at the Reception and Inauguration of Owen, Pixley & Co., Clothing Emporium, No. 932 Main Street, Thursday Afternoon and Evening, Nov. 13, 1884." and includes advertising copy that mentions "Children's Suitings." Address given on back of card:
932 Main Street,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1884
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
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Description
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Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. with portrait of woman in fancy dress. Card is "signed" on front "May Anderson." Back of card has small image of "Grandmother" and lists branch houses and their locations in cities around the U.S. A small stand is glued to the back of the card. Kansas City address given on back of card:
927 Main St.
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1884
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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J. E. Vincent & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for J. E. Vincent & Co. showing a woman wearing a hat and shawl standing among trees. Below this image is one of daisies and butterflies. Front of card says: "Vincent's Millinery Opening, April 19 and 20, 1883." Card folds and inside says: "Our 4th Annual Opening of Fine French Millinery and Hair Goods, and Exhibition of Pattern Bonnets and Round Hats, also all the Latest Novelties, Thursday and Friday, April 19th and 20th, 1883." Back of card has image of a birds flying and tiny text: "Harrington, Typ." Address given inside card:
701 Main St., cor. Seventh,
Kansas City.
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Swift and Company
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Description
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Advertising card for Swift and Company showing a woman holding a tray with a bowl of soup on it. Front of card says: "Swift's Pure Beef Extract." Front lower left corner says: "Copyright 1898, by Swift & Co.." Lower right corner says: "G. H. Buek & Co. N. Y. Lith." Back of card has advertising copy about beef extract. Bottom of card says "Swift and Company / Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis, St. Joseph, St. Paul." No street address is given.
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Date
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1898
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
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Description
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Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing a bandaged owl holding a $50 bill sitting on a branch cuddling with an owl wearing women's bedclothes. One of a set of four cards telling a story (original set had six cards). Caption says: "6. Owl man and Owl woman, Owl maid and Owl bach, They are happy once more Tho' they've had many a scratch." Front of card says: "The Great Atlantic & Pacific Co's Teas & Coffees are the best." Back of card lists branch houses and their addresses in cities around the U.S. Kansas City address given on back of card:
927 Main St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
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Description
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Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing a bandaged owl in bed next to an owl wearing women's bedclothes. One of a set of four cards telling a story (original set had six cards). Caption says: "5. It will take a pair of Gold Bracelets and a Seal Skin Sacque to repair the havoc of this unhappy night." Front of card says: "The Great Atlantic & Pacific Co's Teas & Coffees are the best." Back of card lists branch houses and their addresses in cities around the U.S. Kansas City address given on back of card:
.."" 927 Main St.,
.."" Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
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Description
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Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing an owl wearing women's bedclothes beating another owl with a broom. One of a set of four cards telling a story (original set had six cards). Caption says: "4. Take a back seat, will I? I'll let you know whom I'm glaring at." Front of card says: "The Great Atlantic & Pacific Co's Teas & Coffees are the best." Back of card lists branch houses and their addresses in cities around the U.S. Kansas City address given on back of card:
927 Main St.,
.."" Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
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Description
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Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing an owl wearing women's bedclothes looking at a grandfather clock. One of a set of four cards telling a story (original set had six cards). Caption says: "2. Well, I should screech; that Owl man is not home yet." Front of card says: "The Great Atlantic & Pacific Co's Teas & Coffees are the best." Back of card lists branch houses and their addresses in cities around the U.S. Kansas City address given on back of card:
.."" 927 Main St.,
.."" Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
