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Description: Image of a single-fold advertisement for Harmon H. Kayton, trade supplier of optical goods, watch materials and jewelers' supplies in New York, New York; images of spectacles, parts, and tools such as screwdrivers, lathes, knives, tweezers, lamps, and pliers interspersed with descriptive text and prices.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1885-1899
Call number: priJLC_FASH_Hunt_003665
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance

Purdy's spheric lamp

Visual Materials

Image of a two-fold advertisement for John H. Purdy & Company, a supplier of jewelers' supplies and watch materials locate din Chicago, Illinois; image sof a spheric lamp, engraving block, and pendulum foot wheel on recto; watch glasses case and velvet boxes for watches and jewelry on verso.

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Special cash price list of Warne S. Creveling, importer, manufacturers' agent & commission merchant

Visual Materials

Image of a single-fold advertisement for Warne S. Creveling, a crockery, glassware, and lamp merchant in New York, New York; text and price lists on recto and verso; images of three lamps on verso.

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Walter A. Wood rake

Visual Materials

Image of a four-fold advertisement for Walter A. Wood Mowing & Reaping Machine Company of Hoosick Falls, New York; a boy and a girl operate hay rakes pulled by horses in a farm field with farmhouse, barn, and mountains in background; 8 panels with images of rakes interspersed with descriptive text on verso.

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Hastings & Forby's cash dry goods warehouse

Visual Materials

Image of a single-fold advertisement for Andrew F. Hastings & William F. Forby's dry goods business located in New York, New York; image of their 5-story company building at center surrounded by text; lists of domestic goods, prints, dress goods, and linens on verso.

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Unprecedented triumph. We protect the people consequently they support us! Annual spring and summer opening of clothing and furnish'g goods

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Image of a storefront with a large crowd of people advertising for dry goods supplier Edward Steinfield in Rochester, New York; a large quantity of men and women, including Native American Indians, Chinese, laborers, aeronauts, and farmers rush toward the E. Steinfield store by various means of travel, including horse, carriage, cart, elephant, hot air balloon, train, and even ladder through the windows or on the roof.

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Sam'l Swartchild, 71 Washington Street, Chicago, wholesale dealer and importer

Visual Materials

Image of a single-fold advertisement for watches, watch materials, jewelers' findings, tools, and optical goods sold by Samuel Swartchild of Chicago, Illinois; images of tools and medals awarded for watch glass with text on recto; illustrations of gems and cameos with stock numbers on verso.

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