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Lowell's Business College Journal

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Description: Image of Lowell's Business College Journal of 1887, eighth edition; single-fold 4-page business college periodical with information on the institution and its offerings; exterior and interior school building views.
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Date: 1887
Call number: priJLC_EDU_004563
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

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Image of a single-fold leaflet advertising Galloway & Graff pottery at the International Exhibition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876; exterior eye-level view of the Horticultural Hall exhibition building on leaflet cover; numbered illustrations of pottery products with dimensions throughout, including terra cotta vases, fountains, figures, and garden edging.

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Image of an advertisement for Troy Business College of Troy, New York; leaping stag done in looping calligraphy at center.

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Image of a single-fold advertisement for L. Prang & Co.'s watercolor paints and portfolios of "outline pictures" for children, amateurs, and schools.

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