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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 A&P Tea Company
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Description
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Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing dog lying in bed under bedspread with small dishes on bedside table. Caption says: "Convalescent." Card is molded into a tray shape (broken at the edges). Back of card lists branch houses and their locations in cities around the U.S. Also says: "Be sure and give A&P Baking Powder a trial and we will guarantee you will use no other." Kansas City address given on back of card:
927 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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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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Poultry Supply House
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Description
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Advertising card for the Poultry Supply House showing a poorly looking rooster standing on one leg with head bandaged. Caption says: "Don't Worry! Conkey Will Cure Me." Bottom of card says: "Conkey's Poultry Remedies. The G. E. Conkey Company, Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A." Front lower right corner says: "Copyright 1906." Back of card says: "Each article must satisfy YOU or you receive your money back. For sale by Poultry Supply House." A long list of products and their prices is given including: Roup Cure; Remedies for Bronchitis, Cholera, Gape, Chicken Pox, Limber Neck, Scaly Leg; Healing Salve; Poultry Laxative and Tonic; Flea Salve; Sulphur Candles; Head Lice Ointment; Lice Powder and Liquid; Laying Tonic; Nox-i-cide; Fly Knocker; and Remedies for Mange and Distemper in dogs. Address given on back of card:
1304 1/2 Main St.,
Kansas City Mo
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Date
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1906
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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
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Title
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Jones Dry Goods Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Jones Dry Goods Co. showing an illustration of two bears in fancy men's attire and overcoats and tophats walking down the street. Front of card says: ?ǣNo. 15 The Roosevelt Bears in New York City. 'They spent some days in seeing the town; Doing Fifth Avenue up and down.' This picture is one-quarter size of one of the 16 full-page color illustrations in 'The Roosevelt Bears'--the jolliest book of the year for boys and girls. For sale in Kansas City, Mo., by the Jones Dry Goods Co.?ǥ Back of card is printed with the words "Post Card" and area to be stamped says: "Place the Stamp Here. One Cent for United States and Island Possessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico. Two Cents for Foreign." No 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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Title
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Martin, Snyder & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Martin, Snyder & Co. showing two owls sitting on a tree branch in front of a lake with their arms around each other holding two baby owls. An owl wearing a night cap and glasses watches out of a hole in the tree trunk; below, three frogs hug each other; above, a moon peeks out from behind the tree. One of a set of three cards telling a story. Caption says: "Restoration." Back of card says: "Martin, Snyder & Co..."."Pianos. Kranich & Bach, Bush & Gerts, Mason & Hamlin. Organs. Mason & Hamlin, Chicago Cottage, United States. Tuning and Repairing." Address given on back of card:
S. E. Cor. 11th and Walnut Sts.,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1895~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Martin, Snyder & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Martin, Snyder & Co. showing two owls sitting on a tree branch in front of a lake as the sun sets, one with its arms (wings) around the other. An owl wearing a nightcap leans out of a hole in the tree trunk and points at them; below, three frogs watch; above, a cresent moon beams. One of a set of three cards telling a story. Caption says: "Admiration." Back of card says: "Martin, Snyder & Co.." .Pianos. Kranich & Bach, Bush & Gerts, Mason & Hamlin. Organs. Mason & Hamlin, Chicago Cottage, United States. Tuning and Repairing." Address given on back of card:
S. E. Cor. 11th and Walnut Sts.,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1895~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Martin, Snyder & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Martin, Snyder & Co. showing two owls sitting on a tree branch in front of a lake being married by an owl in a collar. Two owls watch out of a hole in the tree trunk; below, two frogs dance and one plays a harp; above, a full moon watches. One of a set of three cards telling a story. Caption says: "Consummation." Back of card says: "Martin, Snyder & Co.." .Pianos. Kranich & Bach, Bush & Gerts, Mason & Hamlin. Organs. Mason & Hamlin, Chicago Cottage, United States. Tuning and Repairing." Address given on back of card:
S. E. Cor. 11th and Walnut Sts.,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1895~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Bradbury Pianos
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Description
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Advertising card for Bradbury Pianos showing four dogs wearing eye glasses sitting with legs crossed reading newspapers. Front of card says: "Astonishing!." The Bradbury Piano again selected for the White House. This fifth term beats the records. 'The Sweetest and best Tuned Piano Made is the Bradbury.'" Back of card has an image of two babies looking at a piece of music and says: "Freeborn G. Smith, Man'fr of Bradbury Pianos, 95 Fifth Ave., New York. / The Bradbury Piano. True to Nature / Factories: New York. Brooklyn. Leominster. Warerooms: Chicago. Kansas City. Philadelphia. Washington.." No Kansas City 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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Title
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Woodward, Faxon & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Woodward, Faxon & Co. showing two pigs talking to each other. Front of card says: ?ǣThe Two Dromios.?ǥ The first pig says, "Me thinks you are my glass, and not my brother. I see by you I am a sweet faced youth." The second pig says, "Yes I am your other self! Now ends our toil. Together we will shine in N. K. Fairbank & Co. Lard Oil." One of a set of four cards with pigs advertising Lard Oil manufactured by N. K. Fairbanks & Co., sold at Woodward, Faxon & Co. Back of card says: "Woodward, Faxon & Co., Wholesale Druggists .."." Presented by C. F. Williams." Address given on back of card:
511 Delaware 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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H. Patterson & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for H. Patterson & Co. showing two dogs boxing. Front lower left corner of card has number C-930. Back of card says: "H. Patterson & Co, Manufacturers & Jobbers of Boots, Shoes & Rubbers. H. Patterson & Co.'s celebrated 'Gold Seal' School Shoes, and Diamond Bright Dongola Shoes for children are the best made. We are Agents for the H. B. Anthony Shoe Co.'s Children's fine Shoes. Ask your dealer for them. Buy no other. For wear they have no equal..." Boston Office, 288 Devonshire Street." Address given on back of card:
419 & 421 Delaware 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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Title
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Woodward, Faxon & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Woodward, Faxon & Co., Wholesale Druggists, showing two pigs trying to crack a safe. Front of card says: "Hold on my boy, don't let us try,/ This good safe lock to spoil/ The owner, as I read above/ Sells Fairbanks Pure Lard Oil." Sign above safe says: "L. U. Bricator Dealer in N. K. Fairbank & Cos. Lard Oil." One of a set of four cards with pigs advertising Lard Oil manufactured by N. K. Fairbanks & Co., sold at Woodward, Faxon & Co. Back of card says: "Woodward, Faxon & Co., Wholesale Druggists .."." Presented by C. F. Williams." Address given on back of card: 511 Delaware 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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Nicolai & Michaelis
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Description
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Advertising card for Nicolai & Michaelis showing a grasshopper sitting on a fence playing an accordian and singing while another grasshopper leans on the fence next to him. Caption says: "In This Wheat By and By." underneath a line of musical notations. Back of card says: "From Nicolai & Michaelis, 614 Main Street, Fashionable Hatters. Agents for Dunlap's Celebrated Hats. Boys' and Children's Hats as Specialty." This printing shows through on the front side of the card. Address given on back of card:
614 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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Title
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Kansas City Piano Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Kansas City Piano Co. showing three cats playing a flute, violin, and cello. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card:
1123 Main Street,
Telephone 2602.
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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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Woodward, Faxon & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Woodward, Faxon & Co. showing two pigs on a raft looking towards a lighthouse. Front of card says: ?ǣMessmate, all is lovely, and the goose hangs high/ 'Tis N. K. Fairbank & Co.s best Lard Oil/ Makes the light in yonder sky.?ǥ One of a set of four cards with pigs advertising Lard Oil manufactured by N. K. Fairbanks & Co., sold at Woodward, Faxon & Co. Back of card says: "Woodward, Faxon & Co., Wholesale Druggists .."." Presented by C. F. Williams." Address given on back of card:
511 Delaware 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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Boston Shoe House
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Description
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Advertising card for Boston Shoe House showing a horse with a man's body dressed in a waistcoat, jacket, and top hat, wearing a monocle, and holding a whip. Caption says: "I would I were a boy again." Front of card says: Boston Shoe House...Large Stock of Fine Shoes. Lowest Cash Prices. J. Swim, Proprietor." Front lower left corner says: "Copyrighted 1880." Back of card has advertising copy and a price list: "Ladies' High Cut Shoes, 75 cts to $6.00; Ladies' Slippers, 15 cts to 3.50; Men's Shoes, 75 cts to 6.50; Men's Boots, $1.25 to 7.00; Children's Shoes, 15 cts to 2.50." Address given on front and back of card:
S. W. Cor. 4th & Main Sts.,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1880
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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 striped cat in bandages and slings with a big smile. One of a set of four cards telling a story (original set had six cards). Caption says: "6. Did you see me get the best of him?" Front of card says: "The Great Atlantic & Pacific Co's Teas & Coffees are the best" and "Copyright by A. B. Seeley, 1881." 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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1881
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Object Type
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Advertising Card