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Dixon's carburet of iron stove polish

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Description: Image of three copies on one sheet of an advertisement for Dixon's Carburet of Iron Stove Polish showing nine African-American children crowd around their Uncle Obadiah who is seated near a stove and holding a package of stove polish; description of product in pidgin English and image of a package of stove polish on verso.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1887
Call number: priJLC_HHD_001896
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 household goods prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

Dixon's carburet of iron stove polish

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Image of an advertisement for Dixon's stove polish; a naked small child standing on a kitchen counter next to boxes of Dixon's stove polish is cleaned off by an African American woman using a brush and cloth; pots steam on a hot stove in background.

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Image of a tri-fold advertising leaflet for Adams & Westlake oil stoves; illustrated product and price lists with different models of stoves, heaters, and related products including a waffle iron, steam cooker, freezer, oyster stew pan, and broiler; elevated exterior view of the Adams & Westlake factory buildings in Chicago, Illinois, on cover at right.

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