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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 70 with Flowers and Women in Traditional Costume
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing seven advertising cards and a newspaper clipping. The clipping says: "Mr. Nathan Degginger of Kansas City was in our office on Saturday. He and his sister, Bertha, always take in the Sparks Picnic. This is their old home and they have many friends here." Four oval cards each show a woman in the traditional dress of an unidentified country. Two cards show a hand and flowers, one with a fan. One large (18 x 22 cm.) card shows a basket of flowers.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Henry Sleek, Jeweler
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Description
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Advertising card for Henry Sleek showing a portrait of "Blanche Bradshaw." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 534 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Troy Steam Laundry
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Description
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Advertising card for Troy Steam Laundry showing two women riding on a cuff or collar as if it were a magic carpet over a pressed shirt with a cherub nearby. One of two cards with similar design. Front of card says: "Troy Steam Laundry, M. J. Fulkerson, Prop. Telephone 392." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1312 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Manning and Mann
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Description
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Advertising card for Manning and Mann showing woman playing a violin. Front of card says: “A Congenial Companion.” Lower left corner has number 95. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 922 Main Street.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Ladies' Wide-Awake Club
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Portrait of a group of women identified as the Ladies' Wide-Awake Club. The location is perhaps Albany, Missouri. A newspaper clipping with the photograph contains a reprint of the picture with identification as the following: Back row standing left to right - Callie Hunter, Lizzie Austin, Dora Twist, Woodie Garvin, Bernice Cranor, Nannie Perry, Delia Kier, Hattie Branham. Front row sitting, right to left - Lola Twist, Mary Curren, Bola Williams, Cassie Larmer, Florence Scarbrough, Nettie McIntosh, Laura Blakey, Lena Lyons, and Alice Howell.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Roxbury and Kenney
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Description
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Advertising card for Roxbury and Kenney showing two men and two women in fancy dress bowing to each other. One man holds flowers, both women hold fans. Front of card says: "Our Compliments. Roxbury and Kenney, Fashionable Shoe Dealers." Front lower left corner has number 10. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1010 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Sloss', Millinery, Fancy and Hair Goods
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Advertising card for "Sloss', Millinery, Fancy and Hair Goods" showing an artist's palette on which there is an image of a woman with feathered hat, surrounded by flowers. Card is cut in the shape of the palette. Front of card also has image of small old woman which says: "Sloss's Trade Mark." Bottom of card says: "Sackett, Wilhelms and Betzig, 145 and 147 Mulberry, N. Y." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 606 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri.
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Date
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1885~
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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 Company showing a mandolin with an image of a woman in a pink dress. She carries a fan of peacock feathers and drags a string on which are strung five tiny men. A pug dog walks next to her. The card is cut in the shape of a mandolin and has some damage. Front of card says: "The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, N. Y." Back of card has small image of "Grandmother," some advertising copy, and lists branch houses and their locations in cities around the U.S. It has a hook that says: "Manufactured only by Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, New York.." Kansas City address given on back of card: 927 Main St.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Swift and Company
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Description
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Advertising card for Swift and Company showing a classically dressed woman in sandals, a diaphanous gown, and a fur cape. She has long blonde hair and is holding holly above her head. Edges of card are embossed. Card has some damage. Back of card says: "Wool Soap for Toilet and Bath. There are many people who suppose that, because of its name, Wool Soap is intended for washing woolens only. This is a misconception which Swift and Company are especially desirous of rectifying. Wool Soap is pre-eminently a toilet and bath soap .."." We are large producers of prime tallow, and none but our most carefully selected stock enters into the manufacture of Wool Soap .."." Swift and Company Packing Plants at Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis, St. Joseph, St. Paul. Over Two Hundred and Fifty Branch Houses in the United States." Bottom of card says: "American Lithographic Co., N.Y.." No street address is given.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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H. H. Shepard's
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Description
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Advertising card for H. H. Shepard's showing a Japanese woman wearing a green kimono and pink obi holding a pink fan. One of two cards with similar design and image. Front of card says: "Buy Your School Books, Wall Paper and Shades at H. H. Shepard's." Front lower left corner has number 686 and lower right says: "Bufford." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 618 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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H. H. Shepard's
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Advertising card for H. H. Shepard's showing a Japanese woman wearing a red kimono and yellow obi holding a blue fan. One of two cards with similar design and image. Front of card says: "Buy Your School Books, Wall Paper and Shades at H. H. Shepard's." Front lower left corner has number 686 and lower right says: "Bufford." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 618 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Conover Brothers Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Conover Brothers Co. showing a woman in a fancy blue dress with a corsage and necklace. Front of card says: "Compliments of the Fischer Piano. For Sale By Conover Bros. Sole Agents." Front lower left corner has number 722 and lower right corner says: "Bufford." Back of card has an image of a Fischer Piano and says: "The Fischer [Piano]. 73,000 in use." and has five testimonials. Address given on front of card:
613 Main Street,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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J. C. Altman & Bro.
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Description
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Advertising card for J. C. Altman & Bro. showing two women trying on boots in a shoe store with a clerk kneeling to help one. Caption says: "Not English You Know." One of two cards with similar design and theme. Front of card says: "J. C. Altman & Bro. Fine Shoes, First-class Goods at one Bottom Price. Repairing neatly done." Front lower left corner has number 27. Back of card says: "Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, Slippers. A Complete Line of First-Class Goods. Call and see our stock. All Kinds of Foot Wear Made to Order at Short Notice. Repairing promptly attended to." Bottom left corner says: "Pershing & Lyman Pub. Co., Chicago." Address given on front and back of card:
707 Main St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Golden Eagle
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Description
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Advertising card for Golden Eagle showing a child playing "dress up" in a white dress and hat with brown gloves holding a bouquet of flowers. Back of card says: "Read! This may be of some interest to you. We must raise $100,000 cash. Our reasons are: one of our partners retires from the firm January 1st. We want to pay him his interest in cash; to do so, we shall sell you the greatest bargains in/ Men's Suits or Overcoats, Boys' or Children's Suits or Overcoats, Furnishing Goods or Hats,/ at a saving from 20 per cent. to 50 per cent. Actual values not considered during this great Dissolution sale." Also "Axman & Goldenberg, Resident Partners." Address given on back of card:
.."."."."."."."."."."" 512 and 514 Main,
Near Fifth Street Cable
.."."."."."."."."."."" Kansas City.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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E. T. Slaughter, Stove and Tinware
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Description
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Advertising card for E. T. Slaughter showing a woman in a fancy lace dress or shawl. Front of card says: "Gold Coin." Front lower right corner says: "Gies & Co. Buffalo, N.Y." Back of card says: "Gold Medal Cooking Stove. For Wood. Six Sizes--10, 11, 14, 15, 18, 19. This stove is very handsome, a splendid baker, burns freely and can be perfectly controlled.." .Manufatured by Chicago Stove Works, Chicago, Ill." It has an image of the stove and further advertising copy. A stamp on the back says: "E. T. Slaughter, Stoves and Tinware" and gives address:
1221 Grand Avenue,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Diamond Dental Parlors
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Advertising card for Diamond Dental Parlors showing a woman in a hat with flowers. To the right of image is number 150. Back of card says: "Amalgam Fillings, 50c. Cement Fillings, 50c. Gold Fillings, $1.00 and up. Teeth extracted without pain or danger. Best sets of teeth lowest prices .."." This is the largest and most complete painless dental establishment in the world. Over $15,000 expended in furnishing." Address given on front and back of card:
Second Floor, Diamond (Times) Building, at the Junction.
Tel. 1079.
Take Times Elevator. Room 7.."
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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F. Menown Mfg. Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for F. Menown Mfg. Co. showing a woman sitting with a bird on her hand and an art nouveau border. Front of card says: ?ǣKansas City Baking Powder. 'The Yellow Can.'?ǥ Lower right corner says: "Carqueville Litho. Co. Chicago" and lower left corner has number 14. Card is shaped like a bookmark and says "Bookmark" on bottom. Back of card has a picture of a can of Kansas City Baking Powder which says: "Every can guaranteed / Menown's / Kansas City Baking Powder / Price 25 Cents / Prepared by F. Menown Mfg. Co." and gives the address:
112 West Third St.,
K C, MO.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Egelhoff & Stoeltzing
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Description
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Advertising card for Egelhoff & Stoeltzing with an image of a woman wearing a hat with a tassel and a coat with fancy trim. One of two cards with similar image. Front of card has logo that says: "Buck's Stoves & Ranges." Front lower left corner has number C-751. Back of card says: "Economy. Durability. Buck's Stoves & Ranges. Buck's Brilliant Cook Stoves Have Stood the Test of Forty Years. Buck's Brilliant Ranges Are Known and in Demand Everywhere.." .Manufactured Solely By Buck's Stove and Range Co., St. Louis. For Sale By Egelhoff & Stoeltzing." Address given on back of card:
1533 Grand Ave.,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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J. W. Jenkins' Sons
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Advertising card for J. W. Jenkins' Sons showing a woman and baby (angels?) floating in the sky, the woman playing a triangle. Front of card says: "Conover Brothers, Pianos. New York." Back of card says: "Compliments of Conover Brothers Co. / Manufacturers of Grand and Upright Pianos / New York." and provides a list of "eminent Critics" who endorse the pianos. It also says: "Represented by J. W. Jenkins' Sons, Kansas City's Popular Music House. Removed to 921 Main Street." Address given on back of card:
921 Main St.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Egelhoff & Stoeltzing
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Description
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Advertising card for Egelhoff & Stoeltzing with an image of a woman wearing a hat and coat with fancy trim. One of two cards with similar image. Front of card has logo that says: "Buck's Stoves & Ranges." Front lower left corner has number C-751. Back of card says: "Economy. Durability. Buck's Stoves & Ranges. Buck's Brilliant Cook Stoves Have Stood the Test of Forty Years. Buck's Brilliant Ranges Are Known and in Demand Everywhere.." .Manufactured Solely By Buck's Stove and Range Co., St. Louis. For Sale By Egelhoff & Stoeltzing." Address given on back of card:
1533 Grand Ave.,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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