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George Watson
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Portrait and biographical sketch of George Watson, "Receiver United States Land Office and real estate agent" in Shawnee County, Kansas, born in Indiana in 1844.
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1883
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, The
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Advertising card for The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. showing woman and man riding a bicycle. The bicycle spokes are the printed addresses of the company's branch houses around the U.S. Card is cut in shape of the bicycle and riders. Back of card has advertising copy and says among other things: "128 Stores in the United States" and "Positively no polishing matter used in roasting our coffees...no ingredients whatever being used to make them glossy. Beware of glossy coffees." Kansas City address given on front 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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History of the State of Kansas
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Portrait and biographical sketch of John Johnson, "the pioneer settler and banker of Highland, Doniphan County, Kan.," in 1854. Description of his life and career. He was born in 1817 in Illinois and became a surveyor and Kansas state representative, and real estate developer, as well as establisher of "the boundary line between the two new territories of Kansas and Nebraska" in 1854.
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1883
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Book
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History of the State of Kansas
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Portrait and biographical sketch of Aaron Everest, or A. S. Everest, a lawyer and native of New York moving to Atchison, Kansas, in 1871, becoming a lawyer in 1854, and living in various Midwestern states before Kansas.
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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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 woman and man riding a bicycle. The bicycle spokes are the printed addresses of the company's branch houses around the U.S. Card is cut in shape of the bicycle and riders. Back of card has advertising copy and says among other things: "128 Stores in the United States" and "Positively no polishing matter used in roasting our coffees...no ingredients whatever being used to make them glossy. Beware of glossy coffees." Kansas City address given on front 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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History of the State of Kansas
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Portrait and biographical sketch of B. F. Harpster, a banker and former farmer in Doniphan County, Kansas, born in Ohio in 1846 and arriving in Kansas in 1873 as a grain elevator operator, becoming president of "the Enterprising Farmers' Elevator and Mill E. of Severance, Kansas."
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Book
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History of the State of Kansas
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Portrait and biographical sketch of John Hadley, "proprietor of Johnson County mills" in Johnson County, Kansas, born in North Carolina in 1835 and moving to Shawnee Mission, Kansas, in 1855 as a farmer and teacher, becoming county sheriff and Union military officer, and after the Civil War a flour mill operator, living in Olathe, Kansas.
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Book
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History of the State of Kansas
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Description
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Portrait and mention of Dr. James Lee, operator of the "first drug store" in Highland, Kansas, about 1858.
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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J. E. Vincent and Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for J. E. Vincent and Co. showing two sailing ships and a border of flowers. Front of card says: "Vincent's Millinery Opening, April 19 and 20, 1883." Front lower left corner has number 27 and says: "Copyright by Robinson Eng. Co. Boston U.S.A. 1880." Card folds and inside says: "Our 4th Annual Opening of Fine French Millinery and Hair Goods, and Exhibition of Pattern Bonnets and Round Hats, also all the Latest Novelties, Thursday and Friday, April 19th and 20th, 1883." Back of card is blank except for tiny text: "Harrington, Typ." Address given inside card: 701 Main St., cor. Seventh, Kansas City.
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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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J. E. Vincent and Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for J. E. Vincent and Co. showing a woman wearing a hat and shawl standing among trees. Below this image is one of daisies and butterflies. Front of card says: "Vincent's Millinery Opening, April 19 and 20, 1883." Card folds and inside says: "Our 4th Annual Opening of Fine French Millinery and Hair Goods, and Exhibition of Pattern Bonnets and Round Hats, also all the Latest Novelties, Thursday and Friday, April 19th and 20th, 1883." Back of card has image of a birds flying and tiny text: "Harrington, Typ." Address given inside card: 701 Main St., cor. Seventh, Kansas City.
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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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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 boy and donkey standing next to a seated old woman who is touching the donkey's head. Caption says: "'Is that you Tommy? for I can't see;' Yes Granny: 'Bless the child why don't yer mother cut yer hair?'" Card is cut in shape of people pictured. Back of card has small image of horse team pulling a wagon that says: "Sultana" and "Suez Canal." It 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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1883
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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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 old woman with a cup of tea and saucer. Caption says: "'The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company's teas and coffees have been my solace through life' -Grandmother." Card is cut in oval shape and has some damage where parts of image have been scraped. Back of card says: "The picture of Grand Mother on the other side, represents one of the many hundred thousand, whose lives have been prolonged to a good old age, by using only The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Cos. pure teas and coffees." It lists branch houses and their locations in cities around the U.S. and headquarters at 35 and 37 Vesey St., New York. 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 old woman holding a cup of tea and saucer. Caption says: "The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company's Celebrated Teas and Coffees have been my solace through life. -Grandmother." Back of card has advertising copy describing an original lithograph called "The Household Pet," lists six locations in Cincinnati, and says: "130 Stores in U. S." No Kansas City address is given.
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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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Holman & French, Diamond Drug Store
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Advertising card for Holman & French, Diamond Drug Store cut in the shape of a fan with flowers on it. Front of card says: "Elite Bouquet, our specialty. Industrial Exhibition awarded to Western Perfumery Co., San Francisco 1883." Back of card says: "Peck's Premium Perfumes in all odors. Compliments of Holman & French Diamond Drug Store." Address given on back of card: Kansas City, Missouri. No street address is given.
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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 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 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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J. E. Vincent & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for J. E. Vincent & Co. showing two sailing ships and a border of flowers. Front of card says: "Vincent's Millinery Opening, April 19 and 20, 1883." Front lower left corner has number 27 and says: "Copyright by Robinson Eng. Co. Boston U.S.A. 1880." Card folds and inside says: "Our 4th Annual Opening of Fine French Millinery and Hair Goods, and Exhibition of Pattern Bonnets and Round Hats, also all the Latest Novelties, Thursday and Friday, April 19th and 20th, 1883." Back of card is blank except for tiny text: "Harrington, Typ." Address given inside card:
701 Main St., cor. Seventh,
Kansas City.
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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 old woman with a cup of tea and saucer. Caption says: "'The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company's teas and coffees have been my solace through life' -Grandmother." Card is cut in oval shape and has some damage where parts of image have been scraped. Back of card says: "The picture of Grand Mother on the other side, represents one of the many hundred thousand, whose lives have been prolonged to a good old age, by using only The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Cos. pure teas and coffees." It lists branch houses and their locations in cities around the U.S. and headquarters at 35 & 37 Vesey St., New York. 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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