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Betun de Monterey. Lambrano hermamos

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Description: Image of an advertisement for Betun de Monterey shoe polish; woman in an apron behind a counter admires her reflection in the shine from a boot she has just shined with polish and a brush; circular decorative frame with gold medals from the Monterey Industrial Exposition of 1888, held in Monterey, Mexico.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: after 1888
Call number: priJLC_HHD_003823
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.

Established 1856 fashion plate 1878 Henry Arthur manufacturer of boot & shoe uppers

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Image of a variety of shoe, boot, and gaiter styles for men and women with name and number key text below each shoe style; vignettes to the left and right portray a woman seated in an armchair being helped into her button boots by a lady's maid, and a seated man putting on shoes with the help of an African American servant; image of Henry Arthur's business building and storefront at center of print advertising "leather & findings boot & shoe uppers."

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Established 1856 fashion plate 1879 Henry Arthur manufacturer of boot & shoe uppers

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Image of a variety of shoe, boot, and gaiter styles for men and women with name and number key text below each shoe style; vignettes in each corner portray various scenes from daily life including a young woman watering plants, a girl feeding birds, an organ grinder with a monkey in costume, and two children sledding down a snowy hill near a woman carrying baskets on her head; image of Henry Arthur's business building and storefront at center of print advertising "leather & findings boot & shoe uppers."

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Niagara Falls. No. 2. View of the Horse Shoe fall from Goat Island

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Image of a landscape view of Niagara Falls Horse Shoe waterfall from Goat Island in New York; a couple points and admires the falls at right.

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Mason's challenge blacking

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Image of an advertisement for Mason's Challenge blacking manufactured by James S. Mason & Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; African-American man shining boots with blacking and a young boy points and laughs at a dog startled by its own reflection in a well-shined boot; canister of blacking in foreground.

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January boot, shoe and rubber price list. issued by Hosmer & Winch Brothers, nos. 47 & 49 Federal St. Boston

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Image of the text of a boot, shoe and rubber price list from January 1870 for Homer & Winch Brothers of Boston, Massachusetts; list also advertises blackings, shoe lacings, and gaiters.

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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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Betun de Monterey. Lambrano hermamos

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