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Sweet home soap J. L. Sarkin & Co. Buffalo, N.Y
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Image of a five-fold leaflet advertising Sweet Home family soap manufactured by J. L. Sarkin & Co. of Buffalo, N.Y.; six panels illustrate the phases of a romantic relationship with a pair of anthropomorphized owls and frogs, including admiration, consummation, dissipation, desperation, reparation, and restoration; image of a pocket watch, retail information and testimonials on verso.
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Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y. : The tourists and sportsman's favorite route
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Image of a poster advertising the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad divided into three panels with a center engraved image of a steam locomotive, tender, and U.S. Mail car on tracks beside a lake in the countryside, with a centered logo of a horseshoe labeled "Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. / They strike the right road." The top and bottom panels have silhouette images of individuals carrying items related to tourist activities including mining, hunting, and fishing, with a lower caption, "Happy return of the pilgrims."
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Wm. Deering & Co. harvesting machinery Chicago Ill. U.S.A
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Image of a three-fold leaflet advertising for William Deering & Company binders, mowers, and reapers; four panels feature small children with lambs, a calf, a dog, and posed with flowers and grain on recto; farm scenes with farmer, horses, and machinery on verso.
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The old and the new. : Superior Drill Co. Springfield, Ohio
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Image of a three-fold advertisement for the Superior Drill Company of Springfield, Ohio; images of Superior Drill Co. machines in use in fields on farms contrasted with a farmer sowing seed by hand with a sack slung over his shoulders; advertising text and images of the Superior Drill Co. factory building and farm implements on verso.
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Annual Fair of the Moravia Agricultural Society. Diploma
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Image of fields, grain, farm implements, and livestock at center of a certificate issued by the Moravia Agricultural Society of New York; four images of men and women with grain or farm implements at left and right, including a Native American Indian; seal with women in flowing garments on either side of an eagle on a shield with the motto "Excelsior" underneath at bottom center.
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The Night Owls beauty show
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Image of female jockeys in burlesque outfits riding horses around an outdoor racetrack with the two leading riders waving flags that read "The Night Owls" and "The French Folly Co.", as older men in suits tip their hats to them from the grandstand; with a vignette of the head of an owl at upper left; the poster advertises the "Beauty Show" by the Night Owls Burlesque Company.
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