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Description: Image of an advertisement for the Purdy Welch & Company Grand Mammoth Zoological Exhibition in the Troy Daily Whig newspaper of September 11, 1834, [page 4] featuring depictions of many wild animals, including pelicans, a zebra, jaguar, camel, gnu, and elephant; keepers are pictured inside cages with lions and hyenas with the caption, "The keeper will enter the cages with the Lions and Hyenas, at three o'clock. P.M." at bottom left; musicians of the Washington Military Band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pictured at bottom right.
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Date: 11 September 1834
Call number: priJLC_FAIR_001695
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Image of the upper half of a longcase clock with the time hands indicating eleven o'clock; California Red Ball logo at lower right.

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Image of an advertisement for Magee Furnace Company of Boston, Massachusetts; stoves in their "standard" and advance" models pictured at top and center; elevated view of Magee Furnace Company industrial buildings along a waterfront with boxes being hauled outside in horse-drawn carts at bottom center; decorative border with intertwined roots.

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Dietz lanterns standard of the world

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Image of a man in a suit and bow tie holding a lantern on the front of a three-fold leaflet advertisement for Dietz Lanterns manufactured by R.E. Dietz Company of New York City; 30 models of lanterns pictured with measurements and features on recto and verso; one Dietz globe for use in their lanterns pictured and described on recto; smiling man in a hat holding a Dietz kerosene "Sport" lantern at bottom center on recto.

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The Howe Machine Co’s factory, Bridgeport, Ct

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Image of an eye-level view of the Howe Machine Company's sewing machine factory in Bridgeport, Connecticut, from across the water showing a sailboat and an Elias Howe Jr. steamboat ferry, horse-drawn carriages, and an American flag in foreground; coin with profile of Elias Howe, Jr. pictured at bottom center.

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The Fairmount hat

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Image of an aerial view of the United States Centennial Exhibition grounds and buildings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the city visible in the background; two small groups of people socializing are visible along the bluffs in the foreground; three straw hat styles are pictured at bottom center; decorative frame surrounds the scene.

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Lauer Brewing Company Ltd. Reading, PA

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Image of an elevated landscape view of the Lauer Brewing Company brewery in Reading, Pennsylvania; a large industrial complex of factory buildings is pictured including the breweries, smokestacks, ice plant, boiler house, hop storage, office, malt house, band stand, hotel, garden, and several others including a bowling alley in Lauer's Park; railroad cars labeled "Refrigerator Line. Ale Porter and Lager Beer," a Philadelphia & Reading Railroad passenger train, cable car, and horse-drawn vehicles are visible along the street in the foreground; small inset image at bottom right features an earlier view of the much-smaller brewery captioned "Lauer's brewery in 1866"; a Greek sphinx is pictured in a circular ivy-bordered frame captioned by the words "Trade mark" at bottom center.

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Troy Daily Whig vol. 1 no. 63

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