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Bradley his book

Description: Image of an advertisement for Bradley His Book magazine featuring a woman in draped Classical garb and a laurel wreath on her head stroking a peacock; decorative floral border.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1896
Call number: priJLC_ART_003047
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.

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Image of an advertisement for the Philadelphia Sunday Press featuring a woman wearing a long draped dress and a holly head wreath holding a quill pen in one hand and a scroll in the other; trees in background.

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