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Title
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Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., The
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Description
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Advertising card for The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. showing a white dove sitting in front of a large cross covered with pink roses. Front of card says: "Our Easter Offering." Front lower right corner says: "Copyrighted 1886 by the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company New York." Back of card has extensive advertising copy about "pure teas, coffees and baking powder," and lists branch houses and their locations in cities around the U.S. Kansas City address given on back of card: 923 Main St.
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Date
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1886
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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 47 with Calling Cards
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing four advertising cards and ten calling cards. The advertising cards each show a woman or child; one woman holds a cat, one child reads, one child carries a box. The names on the calling cards are under a flap with images of flowers and hands, and on some, doves. Calling cards are for: Sarah A. Whitman, Mrs. Mary J. Adgate, Frank Y. Hill, Maggie E. Baker, Nancy Lincoln, Willie Salmon, Annie E. Nelson, Matthew W. Coffey. The flaps on two cards don't lift up.
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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 1, Introductory Page
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing seven advertising cards. Five of these are decorated letters which spell out "CARDS." The other two are pasted above and below the letters and cut to the shape of their image. One shows a hand holding a basket of roses. One shows two white doves sitting among roses.
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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 46 with Calling Cards
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing four advertising cards and ten calling cards. The advertising cards each show a woman or child. The names on the calling cards are under a flap with images of flowers and hands and on some, sailing ships, horseshoes, birds, and fans. Calling cards are for: Ella Brooks, Dana T. Leavenworth, Robert Chaplin, Albert L. Calentine, Fred Fisher, Miss Esther Wilson, Florance Bair, Miss Ida L. Baker. The flap on one card doesn't lift up and one card with doves has an advertisement under the flap: "White Wings, 12 for 25 c."
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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 74 with Calling Cards
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing 12 calling cards with images of flowers, hands, and doves or pigeons. Each image is on a flap which lifts up to reveal a name. Names include: Harry F. Hively, Anna M. White, Grace E. Miller, C. I. Hollenbeck, Maria D. Heydt, Nettie Maurice White, Carrie Lederstrom. Top of page has address label: "N. C. Degginger, 2823 Harrison, 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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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 13 with Hands, Flowers, and Doves
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing nine small advertising cards arranged around one larger central card. The central card shows and is cut in the shape of a woman playing a flute. Seven of the smaller cards have images of hands and flowers. In two the hands hold mirrors, in three doves, and in two envelopes (both these cards are cut in the shape of fans)." Another card has flowers with a silver crest in the middle. The last card is a tiny girl, cut to shape.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card