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Description: Image of a boy in a sailor uniform holding a sword at his side ringing a bell on the deck of a ship in an advertisement for Buffalo, Snow Cap, Pine Tar, and Bell's Soapona soaps made by R.W. Bell Mfg. Company of Buffalo, New York; advertising text on verso.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1892
Call number: priJLC_HHD_001912
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.

Sweet home soap J. L. Sarkin & Co. Buffalo, N.Y

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Image of a five-fold leaflet advertising Sweet Home family soap manufactured by J. L. Sarkin & Co. of Buffalo, N.Y.; six panels illustrate the phases of a romantic relationship with a pair of anthropomorphized owls and frogs, including admiration, consummation, dissipation, desperation, reparation, and restoration; image of a pocket watch, retail information and testimonials on verso.

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Buffalo Bill Combination : Buffalo Bill's new drama 20 days or Buffalo Bill's pledge

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Image of a central image of a portrait of William F. Cody as Buffalo Bill sitting at a campfire in a frontiersman costume with a rifle and saddle, surrounded by eight vignettes of different dramatic scenes including a street parade with a horse-drawn cart labeled "Buffalo Bill To Night"; Cody digging at a hill with a knife in the wilderness with the caption "Buried Alive"; Cody holding up the head of a young injured man with the caption "He Still Lives"; a farmer sleeping on a plow pulled by two oxen while holding a book of the "Life of Buffalo Bill" while images of caricatured Native American Indians and a man hanging by a noose while another is burned at the stake appear in his dreams, captioned "The Farmer's Dream"; Cody on horseback cutting the rope of a hangman's noose from a young man’s neck who hangs from a tree, captioned "Whose Picnic Is this?"; a parlor scene where a man is shot while others look on, captioned "The 20 days are up, and my pledge fulfilled"; a man in a fistfight with Cody in the parlor and wielding a knife, captioned "Keep Cool Pard."; and Cody riding on horseback through the plains while a fire burns in the distance and a battle with Native American Indians on horseback goes on; with images of a bison with the caption "Diamond Pin with Diamond Eyes," at bottom of central image, and an eagle that holds a medal that reads "Congress to W. F. Cody Buffalo Bill Scout & Guide" at top; the poster advertises the melodrama "20 Days or Buffalo Bill's Pledge" (also known as "Twenty Days or Buffalo Bill's Pledge") and includes printed date information for performances beginning on December 11, [1882], at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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S. F. Dupont, Adm. U.S.N

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Image of a full-length portrait of American Civil War Union Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont in military uniform standing on a ship deck with sword in hand; cannon and sailor holding American flag behind Du Pont on deck.

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Glenn's celebrated perfumery and toilet soaps

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Image of an advertisement for a variety of personal care and perfumed products sold by Glenn & Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; three women in flowing garments and three cherubs are surrounded by a profusion of flowers interspersed with text listing products, including soaps, extracts, tooth pastes, and washes.

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Womens edition (Buffalo) courier

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Image of an advertisement for the Buffalo Courier featuring a bust-length portrait of a woman wearing a floral dress with roses and ribbons in her hair.

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Buffalo Bill Brand

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Image of Buffalo Bill on horseback hunting bison with two Native Americans on horseback.

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