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Palmer Cox's famous brownie books

Description: Image of an advertisement for Palmer Cox's series of brownie books; twelve brownies (or household elves) hold five books at center.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1895
Call number: priJLC_ART_004623
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 view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

Brownies Brand

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Image of an international group of brownies extracting and drinking juice from an orange.

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Brownies Brand

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Image of an international group of brownies extracting, serving and drinking juice from two oranges.

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Dr. H. Cox's compound syrup of sarsaparilla

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Image of a product wrapping for Dr. H. Cox's compound syrup of sarsaparilla; half-length portrait of Dr. Hiram Cox at center; explorer/naturalist with rifle and herbs in hand at left; ailing man seated next to a table and cat at right.

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Poster show : Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Philadelphia

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Image of an advertisement for an art show at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; two women in long dresses and hats hold show programs at center.

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Minnie Palmer

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Image of actor Minnie Palmer portraying multiple different stage characters in a single scene, with Palmer dressed as a male impersonator in the military uniform of a naval cadet standing before a fireplace and smoking a cigarette, while Palmer, dressed as a bootblack, falls out of the fireplace, Palmer dressed as a maid with two lap dogs looks on, and a miniature version of Palmer bent over to rearrange her dress stands on the fireplace mantle; with a portrait of Palmer in formal dress and a picture of a beach labeled "Long Branch" hanging above the mantle; the poster presumably advertises Palmer's play "My Brother's Sister" written by Leonard Grover in which she appears as those characters.

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Houghton Mifflin and company's holiday books for MDCCCXCV

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Image of an advertisement for holiday books published by Houghton Mifflin and Company as advertised in their holiday bulletin for 1895; books are pictured on a shelf with a large spring of holly; Riverside Press seal with a child piping in a forest at top center.

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Palmer Cox's famous brownie books

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