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Title
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 32 with African American Stereotypes
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing eight advertising cards showing African Americans in various situations. Two of the cards are missing. The cards show:1. Two geese with bodies made of bags of tobacco and cotton flying over a man in a field. Card says: "Copyright. Richmond and Co., Buffalo, N.Y."2. A man holding a fishing rod sitting by a river on a large spool of "Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton." Caption says: "'I reckon dis yere's strong 'nuff suah.'"3. A woman fixing a man's tie as three children look on. Caption says: "Sunday. Yer looks Lubly Ephraim, and it all comes-using dat Higgins' Soap."4. A woman and some children opening the door to a visitor or salesman whose coat tails are being nibbled by a goat. Card says: "Compliments of the Domestic Sewing Machine Co."5. A man sitting holding a tambourine.6. Two people in "native" dress leading an elephant. Card says: "Soap Makers, Chicago. 'Blue India.'"7. A man singing.8. Three people and a cat kneeling on the floor looking at their reflections in a stove. Card says: "Rising Sun Stove Polish. 'I say Snow Flake, dat stove was blacked with rising sun. Did you eber see de like?'"
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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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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 19 with Fish
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing 12 advertising cards arranged in four rows of three. Each card is 7 x 8 cm. and shows a fish bordered by an ocean or fishing scene. Cards identify fish shown: Striped Bass, Spanish Mackerel, Seabass, Perch, Mackerel, Shark, Haddock, Blowfish, Lobster, Salmon, Flounder, Porgy.
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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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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 31 with Traditional Costumes
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing 24 advertising cards arranged in four rows of six. Each card is 4 x 7 cm. Eleven of them show portraits of men in the traditional dress of a country. Cards identify the country and say: "Allen and Ginter's Cigarettes, Richmond. Virginia." Countries or areas shown: Servia, Scotland, Arabia, Egypt, Dahomey, South Africa (Boer), Greece, Java, Circassia, Mexico, Brazil. The 13 other cards appear to be from other sets including: 1. Two of gorillas: male and female. 2. Two of flowers: Lilac ("First emotions of love") and Sweet Violet ("Modesty."" Cards say "Ruby Cigarettes. Lone Jack Cigarettes Co. Lynchburg, Virginia. Isaac Friedenwald Lith. Balto." 3. One with Bolivian flag. Card says: "Allen and Ginter Cigarettes. Richmond, Virginia." 4. Two of women fishing: Sturgeon and Klipp Fish. 5. One with images of a flag, "Commodores Pennant, U. S. Navy," and "The Mississippi River Near Dubuque." Card says: "Our average sales are over Two Million Per Day." 6. Two of portraits of women. 7. One of a girl and flowers which says: "Wild English Daisies: Daintiness." 8. One with a photograph of a woman identified as Miss Vickers. Card says: "Admiral Cigarettes." 9. One of a man in a ship's crow's nest looking at a whale. Card says: "On a Whaling Voyage."
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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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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 18 with Fish
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing 12 advertising cards arranged in four rows of three. Each card is 7 x 8 cm. and shows a fish bordered by an ocean or fishing scene. Cards identify fishes shown: Sawfish, Sturgeon, Moonfish, Catfish, Shad, Toadfish, Whitefish, Swordfish, Yellow Perch, Triggerfish, Sunfish. Card in lower left corner says: "Richmond, Straight Cut No. 1 Cigarettes Are the Best." and has an image of a bird identified as a "Pompadour."
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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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Ferd. Heim Brewing Co.
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Description
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Set of three advertising cards for the Ferd. Heim Brewing Co. tied together with a ribbon on the left side. Top card is blue and shows a framed sailing ship and some flowers. Second card is blue and shows a scene of two people sitting in a boat fishing next to a small bridge. Third card is pink and shows a view of the sea with sail boats and a lighthouse. Only the top card is scanned. One of two such sets of cards (second and third cards are identical in each set). Front of each card says: "Compliments of Ferd. Heim Brewing Co. Kansas City, Mo." Back of each card is blank. Address given on front of card: Kansas City, Mo. 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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Title
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 36 with Scenes of Country Life and Other Cards
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing six advertising cards showing the following:1. A man with a mandolin sitting looking into a woman's eyes. Lower right corner of card says: "Depose." 2. People fishing in a river in front of a mill building with waterwheel.3. Two horses and a foal. Lower right corner has number 571.4. Two images: A man plowing a field with a team of three horses and a man and woman talking. Card says: "Plowing." Lower right corner says: "Richmond and Co. Buffalo, N.Y."5. Two people embracing in the desert as a servant looks on. Card says: "'The parting of Ruth and Naomi." Lower left corner says: "J. Ottmann Lith. Co. N.Y."6. A house in the woods in winter, covered in snow. Card says: "The Genuine [Dr.] C. McLane's Liver Pills."
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
