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[Scenes of a fortified city and desert tribesmen]

Description: Image of four vignettes with a lower center image of Arabic men and one woman sitting in a circle in a Middle Eastern or North African desert wearing turbans and fez-style hats, with camels in the background, an upper center image of a trefoil arched gate overlooking a fortified, walled city, and two smaller vignettes of a sword fight and a man tied by the feet and being whipped by a group of men.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: between 1875 and 1890?
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000985
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

Kar-mi : swallows a loaded gun barrel : and shoots a cracker from a man's head

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Image of an outdoor stage with the sword-swallowing performer Kar-Mi (Joseph Hallworth who also went by the stage name Victorina) in a Middle Eastern or Hindu ethnic costume kneeling and shooting a bullet from a gun in his mouth to break a cracker from the top of a nearly naked blindfolded man's head, with a bare-breasted woman and smoke-filled censer at the end of the stage, with a crowded audience comprised of bare-chested men wearing white turbans looking on, and a fortified, walled desert city in the background and palm trees at left.

priJLC_ENT_001376

Otto : a German

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Image of circular vignettes of head-and-shoulders portraits of German comedian George S. Knight and his wife, American burlesque performer Sophie Worrell Knight, surrounded by tree, leaf, and fence borders, and four vignettes of scenes with a top center image of an outdoors view of a couple and two men in the front yard of a house with a fountain captioned "Act. 1st"; a bottom left image of an outdoor view of a park with a couple and a man on the ground having just been hit by a woman captioned "Act. 2nd."; a bottom center image of three men in a warehouse captioned "Act 3rd."; and a bottom right image of individuals in a formal parlor captioned "Act. 4th."; the poster advertises the comedic drama "Otto, a German" by Fred Mardsen.

priJLC_ENT_000337

Head dresses of the different nationalities at different epochs : Demorest's illustrated monthly magazine, February 1873

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Image of thirty-five different women's headdresses from various countries and eras, each captioned with a locale and is some cases, a date (styles from approximately 1300-1776 indicated), including hats, bonnets, veils, and turbans; circular frame in center of image highlights headdresses "in France 17th centry [sic]."

priJLC_FASH_001628

Henry Arthur send for price list 84 & 86 Gold St. N.Y. Manufacturer of boot, shoe & gaiter uppers

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Image of a variety of shoe, boot, and gaiter styles interspersed with several cartoons and vignettes surrounding a larger center cartoon of men and women caricatures fishing for various "Centennial wants" in the crowd below; cartoons include African American, Chinese, American Indian, and Hindi men; name and number key text below each shoe style; image of Henry Arthur's business building and storefront in New York City at top center of print advertising "leather findings wholesale & retail."

priJLC_FASH_001665

Orange co. fairgrounds Orange co. voiture 527 40-8 Sun. Feb. 8 2:00 P.M. & &:00 P.M

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Image of a poster advertising Gene Holter's wild animal races and show, including photographic images of men in robes and turbans racing on camelback, an elephant sitting upright with a man balanced on its head and trunk, and three men racing in small carts pulled by ostriches in front of stands fully packed with onlookers; the poster advertises a show at the Orange County, California, fairgrounds.

priJLC_FAIR_003039

Try Rice's seeds contended for, by all quarters of the globe : Cambridge Washington, Co. N.Y

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Image of center image plus four vignettes on fans featuring oversized produce in an advertisement for Rice's Seeds; four men of various nationalities, including an American, a man in a turban, and an African-American, all tugging on an oversized basket of fruit and vegetables at center; an elderly woman in a lace cap with her dog reacts with shock at a large "Hubbard Squash" in her house; two men in ancient Egyptian garb examine a huge "New Egyptian Beet" near columns; an oversized "Striped Gypsy Water Melon" (watermelon) is consumed by a group of men and women; two children carry a giant tomato between them in a field.

priJLC_HORT_002461

[Scenes of a fortified city and desert tribesmen]

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