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Hoyt's German cologne is the best

Description: Image of an advertisement for German cologne sold by E.W. Hoyt & Company of Lowell, Massachusetts; a boy writes the advertising text on a brick wall while a girl stands beside him watching with a doll in her arms; large bottle of cologne on top of a rock surrounded by flowers at left.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1886
Call number: priJLC_PC_003592
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: 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.

Hoyt's German cologne

Visual Materials

The Jay T. Last Collection of personal care prints and ephemera contains approximately 865 printed items related to grooming and personal care in the United States from approximately 1832 to 1931, with the bulk of the content dating from 1860 to 1900. Most items are lithographs, but engravings and woodcuts are also included. The collection deals with products and services relating to grooming, cleansing, and preserving one's hair, scalp, skin, or teeth to promote individual hygiene or to beautify one's appearance. Materials focus on consumer goods or acts of assistance that do not require medical direction to purchase or use. Such products include cosmetics, hair oils, perfumes, razors, shaving creams, shampoos, skin lotions, talcum powder, toothpaste, tooth powder, brushes, combs, hair pins, and wigs. Such services include barbers, hairdressers, wigmakers, and styling salons. As graphic materials, the collection highlights developing techniques and trends in printmaking while documenting the artists, engravers, lithographers, printers, and publishers involved in the creative process.

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A Rag Baby by Chas. H. Hoyt

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Image of three head-and-shoulder portraits of female actors, including two wearing bonnets and one with small decorative fans in her hair, in circle ribbon frames surrounded by flowers; the poster advertises the comedy "A Rag Baby" written by Charles H. Hoyt.

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Caroline Miskel Hoyt

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American actor Caroline Miskel Hoyt.

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The Delineator : for April

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Image of an advertisement for The Delineator April 1902 issue featuring a young girl sitting on the floor sewing; a doll holding thread sits beside her.

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A tin soldier by Chas. H. Hoyt

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of a man in character wearing a hat, neckerchief, and overalls; the poster advertises the comedy "A Tin Solider" by Charles H. Hoyt.

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Phyllis in Bohemia

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Image of an advertisement for Phyllis in Bohemia by L.H. Bickford and Richard Stillman Powell featuring a collection of objects including a candle in a wine bottle, a doll, cigarettes, flowers, and a large peacock feather interspersed with advertising text.

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Hoyt's German cologne is the best

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