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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 two sailing ships and a border of flowers. Front of card says: "Vincent's Millinery Opening, April 19 and 20, 1883." Front lower left corner has number 27 and says: "Copyright by Robinson Eng. Co. Boston U.S.A. 1880." 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 is blank except for 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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Navy Readies a Missouri Namesake
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Description
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The name, USS Missouri, "will live on, assigned to a $2 billion nuclear-powered attack submarine now being welded together in Groton, Conn." The original USS Missouri was the "mighty battleship on which the Japanese formally surrendered to end World War II" and is now a museum at Pearl Harbor. This is the fifth vessel to bear the USS Missouri name. Includes a sidebar with USS Missouri stats, earlier ships named Missouri, and How You Can Participate.
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Date
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2009-04-20
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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The Last Battleship: USS Missouri
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Description
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Article about the history of the "world's last battleship," the U. S. S. Missouri, the site of the surrender of Japan to the United States in World War II and later a "cold war icon," with photos.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Magazine Article