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The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
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Description
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Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing three girls sitting underneath a broken umbrella each holding a kitten. Caption says: "Three little kittens." Back of card has small image of "Grandmother" and lists branch houses and their locations 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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1884
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Kansas City Sewing Machine Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for the Kansas City Sewing Machine Co. showing a young girl holding up some cherries. Front lower right corner of card says: "Niagara Lith. Co. Buffalo, N.Y." Back of card has image of sewing machine table and says: "The Standard Rotary Shuttle Sewing Machine. Two Machines in One. Lock Stitch and Chain Stitch. The Best and Fastest Sewing Machine in the World. For Sale By.."" followed by an incomplete stamp with address: "Kansas City Sewing Machine Co., Wholesale Sewing Machine Supplies,
12th and Walnut
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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C. I. Hood & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for C. I. Hood & Co. showing a girl having a tea party with two puppies or dogs. Card is shaped like a plate and has a number of cracks around the edge. Front of card says: "Hoods Tooth Powder, Whitens the teeth, sweetens the breath. 25 Cts. a bottle." Back of card says: "C. I. Hood & Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass., U. S. A." and has extensive advertising copy about Hood's Tooth Powder and Hood's Sarsaparilla. It has a hook that says: "Manufactured only by [Dona]ldson Brothers, [Fiv]e Points, [New Y]ork." 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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Weis & Ridge
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Description
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Advertising card for Weis & Ridge showing a young girl in red hat and shirt trimmed with leaves and acorns. Front of card says: "Acorn Stoves and Ranges. Rathbone, Sard & Co. Albany, Chicago, Detroit. For Sale By Weis & Ridge." Front right side of card says: "J. Ottmann Lith. N.Y." Back of card says: "Something New! The Tropic Single Generator Vapor Stove, is the best, because of its..." followed by long advertising copy. 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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W. H. Collins
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Description
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Advertising card for W. H. Collins showing a girl in a winter coat and hat pulling a sled through the snow. Front of card says: "The Genuine Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills and Vermifuge." Front lower right corner has number 706 and lower left corner says: "Bufford." Back of card has a testimonial about the product followed by: "The only genuine Dr. C. McLane's Vermifuge, Is Prepared only by FLEMING BROS., Pittsburgh. For sale by W. H. Collins, City Drug Store." Address given on back of card:
4th & Main Sts.,
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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Moline Plow Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Moline Plow Co., agents for Stover Manfg. Co., showing a girl standing on a fence picking roses and holding a rake. Front of card says: ?ǣStover Manfg. Co., Freeport, Ill. Make the largest and best line of machinery for grinding and cutting feed, shelling corn, cutting wood, pumping water, &c., on earth..."" Front lower left corner has number B422. Back of card has image of foundry buildings and says: "33 1/3 percent. Saved by grinding your feed with an Ideal Feed Mill over feeding it whole..."" 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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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 girl standing on armchair holding a feathered hat. Caption says: "Young America." 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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1882
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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 girl and her doll covered in ink after knocking over the ink on a lap desk. Caption says: "The Accident." One of a set of three cards telling a story with this girl. 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 a child sitting in a rocking chair with a doll near a lap desk. Caption says: "Rock A Bye Baby." One of a set of three cards telling a story with this girl. 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 a child writing on a lap desk, holding a doll. Caption says: "To Papa." One of a set of three cards telling a story with this girl. 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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Spalding's Commercial College
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Advertising card for Spalding's Commercial College showing an envelope ripped open to a letter and picture of a girl. One of two cards with similar design. Back of card says: "Twenty-sixth annual Day School, in session all the year." and "Twenty-sixth annual Night School, in session Oct. 1 to April 1." Also: "Established Oct. 25, 1865. Incorporated July 11, 1867. All English and Commercial Branches, Short-Hand, Type-Writing, Modern Languages, Higher Mathematics, etc., practically taught at lowest rates. Unrivalled Course of Instruction. Large Faculty of seventeen experienced Teachers and Lecturers. Twenty New and Elegant College Rooms. Unsurpassed advantages. No Vacations. Catalogues free...Elevator Entrance N. Y. Life Building, Cor. Ninth and Wall Streets. J. F. Spalding, A. M., President." Address given on back and front of card:
Kansas City, Mo.
East Wing N. Y. Life Bldg., Nos. 814, 816, 818 Delaware St.
(Near "Junction" Ninth, Delaware and Main Sts.)
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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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K. C. Milling Co., The
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Description
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Advertising card for The Kansas City Milling Co. showing two girls wrapped together in a shawl with a small image of a bridge and flowers above. Card is embossed. Back of card says: "The Flour of the Family. Imperial. A Kansas City Product, made by The K. C. Milling Co..."" 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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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 girl listening to seashell. One of two cards of girls listening to shells. 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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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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David B. Kirk & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for David B. Kirk & Co. showing a girl whispering in another girl's ear. Front of card says: ?ǣKirk's Komplete Kernel.?ǥ Back of card says: "Kirk's Komplete Kernel Whole Wheat Flour. Physicians all recommend it for a Brain and Nerve Food. We are a rushing, pushing, crowding people, whose nerves and brains are overtaxed daily in the rush for first place. This condition requires more nutritious food. Something that assimilates quickly and easily. Bread made from whole wheat will be found better than any other article on the market as a 'food.' Any grocer can furnish it. Trade supplied by David B. Kirk & Co., Flour Exporters and Jobbers, 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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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 girl in pink clothing at the beach. Front lower left corner has number 1341. Back of card has advertising copy about A & P Condensed Milk including: "Physicians and consumers please take notice that our A & P Condensed Milk in made in Porcelain Vaccuum Pans. We are the only manufacturers in the world that use Porcelain Pans. All others use Copper Pans, with one exception. It is unnecessary for us to make a comparison between Porcelain and Copper Pans. We leave that matter with the public." It says: "200 stores in the U.S." 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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Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Comp., The
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Description
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Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing basket holding flowers and three girls. Card is cut in shape of the basket. Back of card lists branch houses and their locations in cities around the U.S. Kansas City address given on back of card:
923 Main St.
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Advertising Card
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Spalding's Commercial College
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Advertising card for Spalding's Commercial College showing an assortment of unrelated images: a girl, some flowers, and a lighthouse. Card is embossed. Front of card says: "Telephone 1174." Back of card says: "Twenty-eighth year...Day school all the year...Night School October 2 to April 7." It also describes the college: "Established Oct. 25, 1865. Incorporated July 11, 1867. Book-Keeping and other Commercial Studies, Shorthand, Typewriting, English Branches, Higher Mathematics, Modern Languages, Etc., at lowest rates. No Vacations. Catalogues free. Be sure to visit or address this College before going elsewhere. Elevator Entrance N. Y. Life Building, Cor. Ninth and Wall Streets. Telephone 1174. Wm. H. Seeger, Esq. (Prest. Citizens Nat. Bank), Secretary. J. F. Spalding, A. M., President.." Address given on back of card:
East Wing N. Y. Life Bldg., Nos. 814, 816, 818 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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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 girl listening to seashell. One of two cards with girls listening to shells. Back of card lists five addresses for Cincinnati stores. 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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Spalding's Commercial College
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Description
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Advertising card for Spalding's Commercial College showing an envelope ripped open to a letter and picture of a girl. One of two cards with similar design. Back of card says: "Twenty-sixth annual Day School, in session all the year." and "Twenty-sixth annual Night School, in session Oct. 1 to April 1." Also: "Established Oct. 25, 1865. Incorporated July 11, 1867. All English and Commercial Branches, Short-Hand, Type-Writing, Modern Languages, Higher Mathematics, etc., practically taught at lowest rates. Unrivalled Course of Instruction. Large Faculty of seventeen experienced Teachers and Lecturers. Twenty New and Elegant College Rooms. Unsurpassed advantages. No Vacations. Catalogues free...Elevator Entrance N. Y. Life Building, Cor. Ninth and Wall Streets. J. F. Spalding, A. M., President." Address given on back and front of card:
Kansas City, Mo.
East Wing N. Y. Life Bldg., Nos. 814, 816, 818 Delaware St.
(Near "Junction" Ninth, Delaware and Main Sts.)
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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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S. K. Green, Fine Shoes
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Description
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Advertising card for S. K. Green showing two girls on a path smelling flowers in a pot. One of three cards with similar design and theme. Front of card says: "Button's Raven Gloss Shoe Dressing." and "S. K. Green, Fine Shoes." Back of card has product logo, testimonials to its quality, and says: "Button's Raven Gloss Shoe Dressing. Softens & Preserves Leather..." Beware of imitations. Sold by Leading Dealers Everywhere. Button & Ottley, M'f'rs, 56 Warren Street, New York." Address given on front of card:
604 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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