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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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  The black valley in great sensation drama of Peep O’Day

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  Image of an outdoor scene near a rock quarry in Ireland with a young woman trying to fight off a man attacking her with a shovel while a man swinging from a tree limb attempts to rescue her, and a man stands on a cliff above near a windmill, with a lake in the background; the poster advertisers the Irish melodrama "Peep o' Day" written by Edmund Falconer, and based on a story by Irish writer John Banim, as performed by actor Mrs. D.P. Bowers (Elizabeth Crocker Bowers) at the New Chesnut Street Theatre (also spelled New Chestnut Street Theatre) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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  Now ready "the queen of finesse" in the New York Ledger for sale here

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  Image of an advertisement for the New York Ledger featuring a woman looking sadly out the window of a carriage at a man as he is jerked backward by the shoulders by an angry-looking woman behind him.

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  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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  Yer' 'and, yer' 'and

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  Image of a couple, with the man wearing a monocle, walking arm-in-arm past an angry looking man in a bowler hat; the poster presumably advertises the farce comedy "The Guv'nor" written by E. G. Lankester.

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  All the rage by W.D. Eaton. : Dr. Briggs running for Congress

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  Image of a three-quarter-length portrait of the character of Dr. Briggs, an older angry man, holding a cane and a crumpled newspaper; the poster advertises the comedy "All the Rage" by William D. Eaton and has printed show information for a March 31, [1882], performance at the Worcester Theatre at top center.

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