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Title
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Martin, Snyder and Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Martin, Snyder and Co. showing a man riding a horse and leading another horse over snowy land to a building in the woods. Caption says: "Puzzle Card.--Find Bull, Two Deer, Camel, Chicken, Shrimp, Face, Monkey, and an Old Man Smoking a Pipe.."(These animals can be seen hidden in the drawing.) Front of card says: "Wholesale and Retail Representatives, Weber, Kranich and Bach, Bush and Gerts Pianos, Martin, Snyder and Co." Lower left front corner has number C-905. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: S. W. Corner 11th and Walnut Streets, 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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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 78 with Christmas Cards
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing ten advertising cards with a Christmas theme. Of seven smaller cards, there are three with Santa, three with angels and flowers, and one with a woman in flowered dress and crown. The three larger cards show a nativity scene; a sleigh laden with a Christmas tree being pulled by horses through a covered bridge; and a carriage being pulled by a team of four horses.
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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 8 with Unrelated Cards
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing nine advertising and calling cards showing the following: 1. A woman riding a horse jumping over a stone wall. Card says: "Faith Whitcomb's Liniment, Cures Rheumatism and Neuralgia..." Chas. Shields Sons, 20 and 22 Gold St, N.Y." 2. A butler holding a tray. Card says: "Howe's Special Bargain House, 254 Main St., Worcester..."" 3. A woman in a yellow dress and fur coat. Card says: "J. N. Gloyes, Fine Shoes, Utica, N. Y..." Mayer, Merkel and Ottmann, Lith. N.Y."4. An embossed calling card that says: "Edward Laughlin."5. Holly, a rose, and a bell on black background. Bell says: "Merry Christmas."6. Embossed card with flowers and a hand holding a locket.7. A man walking through a winter storm holding an umbrella. Card says: "A Merry Christmas. In spite of wind and weather."8. A card with text only advertising a vacation to Chicago during the World's Fair Exposition from "Missouri Valley World's Fair Transportation Co., Rooms 1011 and 1012 New York Life Building, F. O. Derr, Manager" for "$36.00, Payable 40 cents per week." 9. A man at a bar pouring from a bottle, but missing his glass. Card says: "A Whiskey Straight. The result of not using The Great American Tea Co's Celebrated Teas and Coffees."
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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 37 with Unrelated Cards
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing nine advertising cards. Four cards are very small cutouts of people, two playing music, one Asian, one with a monkey. The other five cards show the following:1. A large brown clapboard building.2. Two horses running away with a plow, the farmer in the air behind hanging on.3. People looking at a picture of a man and woman leaving a train in the snow and walking down the platform towards a Fred Harvey sign.4. A winter scene with a barn in the snow.5. Two boys on the street pointing at a women whose skirt has ripped. Card says: "New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass. My Dear, you should buy a Light-Running 'New Home' Sewing Machine. Its seams never rip."
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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
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Title
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 68 with Winter Scenes
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing eight advertising cards. Four cards with similar design and theme show houses in snowy winter scenes surrounded by a gray border. Three cards are black with colorful scenes of a woman and man embracing next to a flag, a man and woman buying flowers from a woman under a large umbrella, and three men holding a blank banner. One card is black with flowers and has a banner saying: "To .."." For Neat Work .."." Teacher.."(The blanks are not filled in.)
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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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A. Holland, Shoe and Clothing House
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Description
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Advertising card for A. Holland Shoe and Clothing House showing a scene of a church in winter inside a cresent moon next to a pink rose. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 551 and 553 Main 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
