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Bandmann as : Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
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Dr. H. Cox's compound syrup of sarsaparilla
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Image of a product wrapping for Dr. H. Cox's compound syrup of sarsaparilla; half-length portrait of Dr. Hiram Cox at center; explorer/naturalist with rifle and herbs in hand at left; ailing man seated next to a table and cat at right.
priJLC_MED_004484
Dr. Leons’ celebrated preparations
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Image of three vignettes advertising Dr. Leons’ celebrated preparations; woman with long hair in dishabille at left uses "Dr. Leons' Electric Hair Renewer" while seated in front of a vanity; woman at center plays a piano; woman seated at right accompanied by her husband offers "Dr. Leons' Infant Remedy' to her three young children; decorative border.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / R.L. Stevenson
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This collection contains 324 booklets from the Little Blue Book and related series published by the Haldeman-Julius Company of Girard, Kansas. The collection includes booklets dating from 1921 to 1943, with the bulk dating from the 1920s. The titles in the collection range from reprints of literary classics by authors such as ancient Greek tragedians, William Shakespeare, and Ralph Waldo Emerson to contemporary writings by geologist Carroll Lane Fenton, historian Will Durant. More than 150 authors are represented and the booklets often focus on topics such as free thought, philosophy, religion, evolution, natural history, biographies of scientists and historical figures, and guides and essays about philosophers and authors. The booklets are primarily identified as part of the "Little Blue Book" series on the front cover, but there are some titles from the Five cent pocket series; the Ten Cent pocket series; the Appeal pocket series; and the Pocket series.
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Disturbing a Martins nest
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Image of a satire on the administration of United States President Martin Van Buren (at right) referencing his alliance with political strategist Amos Kendall against Senator Nathaniel P. Tallmadge; Kendall (left) and Van Buren are at a table strewn with "discharge" papers; Kendall is seated below a painting of Andrew Jackson titled "Glory," and reads the "Globe" newspaper; Van Buren sits below a portrait of "Globe" editor Francis Preston Blair; Tallmadge watches from behind a curtain at center.
priJLC_POL_002631
The monster serpent of Silver Lake
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priJLC_SCI_004950
Byron combination
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Image of a ship deck full of male and female passengers, including sailors, a child, a man in pajamas, and an African American man, with furniture and passengers strewn about due to rough ocean conditions; a single individual who has fallen overboard can be seen in the ocean at left, while a man stands on the railing poised to dive in after him; the poster presumably advertises the Oliver Byron Combination company.
priJLC_ENT_000276