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Empire Mills fresh ground Canada malt. 58 Broad Street New York. For family use

Description: Image of a malt barrel label depicting a cross-section view of the five-story George H. Tyler building in New York City; various stages of hops and malt processing can be seen on each floor; pedestrians and horse-drawn carts, including one labeled "City Bread Bakery," are visible outside the building with an oversized glass full of a malt beverage at front center; main image surrounded by a circular botanical border featuring sheaves of grain; the building is lettered "Pressed Hops / Irish Moss. / Hops & Malt. / George H. Tyler."
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Date: 1876-1880
Call number: priJLC_FOOD_001853
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library

Bitters S. S. Wyckoff & Co. New York

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Image of an advertisement for bitters sold by S. S. Wyckoff & Co. of New York, New York; allegorical woman figure wearing a liberty cap and holding laurel wreaths in each hand at center surrounded by books, ewers, sculpture, sheaves of grain, grapes, and a draped American flag; United States Capitol building in background; United States seal with eagle at bottom center.

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City of Philadelphia State of Pennsylvania: Loan of the city of Philadelphia. Certificate No. 3944

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Image of a municipal loan certificate issued by the City of Philadelphia and made out in manuscript to Henry A. Snyder on September 5, 1878, with signatures of the president, cashier, and transfer officer of the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank and the Philadelphia City Controller, future Pennsylvania Governor Robert E. Pattison; eight surrounding vignettes including a view of Independence Hall, and the adjacent Old City Hall building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at top center; head-and-shoulder portraits of George Washington, at upper left, Benjamin Franklin, at lower left, Henry Clay, at upper right, and William Penn, at lower right; and vignettes of a blacksmith standing before an anvil and hammer, at center left, and a young barefoot woman holding sheaves of grain above her head with a scythe behind her.

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Brewster, Lawrence, & Co. Carriage makers, nos. 52 & 54, Broad-St. New York

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Image of an advertisement and circular for Brewster, Lawrence, and Company carriage makers containing fifteen side views of numbered carriages followed by a panel of printed text providing the names and prices of the depicted carriages with a circular written in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese and signed by Aaron H. Palmer, director of the American and Foreign Agency, regarding orders for Brewster, Lawrence & Co. and twenty-one listed New York City manufacturers of various household and industrial items.

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Junction of Main Street and Spring Street, Los Angeles

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Elevated view of the three-story Italianate Temple Block building with streetcar and horse-drawn carriages in front, at the intersection of Main Street and Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles, California. The clock tower of the old Los Angeles County Courthouse can be seen directly behind the Temple Block building and the four-story Nadeau Hotel building at Spring and First Street can be seen under construction at upper right. With visible signs on the Temple building for "Jacoby Bro's Clothing House" and "County Bank." A sign for "Books" can be seen on the Downey Block building at lower right of image; "California Confectionary and Candy Works" and "Restaurant" can be seen on a building on Main Street in the background at left; and signs for "H. Jevne" and "City Wholesale Dry Goods, Clothing ..." can be seen on building on Spring Street at right.

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Empire Mills fresh ground Canada malt. 58 Broad Street New York. For family use

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