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France, Broadbents & Co.'s Delaware lotteries

Description: Image of a broadside listing information about lottery prizes for a drawing taking place on Tuesday, August 28th, 1860 in Wilmington, Delaware. The scheme on the print lists totals of "32.396 prizes, ... amounting to $281.860." The rewards and pricing information are printed in bold. Towards the bottom of the print is an image of two hands shown pointing at text listing the rules of the lottery.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1860
Call number: priJLC_SPO_003569
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Class 260, to be drawn in Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday, October 31st, 1860

Visual Materials

Image of a broadside listing information about lottery prizes for a drawing taking place on Wednesday, October 31st, 1860 in Wilmington, Delaware. The scheme on the print lists totals of "34.412 prizes, ... amounting to $57.057." The rewards and pricing information are printed in bold. Below the scheme is an image of two hands shown pointing at text that reads, "14 drawn prizes in each package of 26 tickets." Towards the bottom of the print is an image of two hands shown pointing at text listing the rules of the lottery. Prizes and orders were addressed to Kelly, Hubbard & Co. in Wilmington, Delaware.

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Class 129, to be drawn in Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday, July 31st, 1860

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Image of a broadside listing information about lottery prizes, rewards, and ticket pricing for a lottery drawing taking place on July 31st, 1860 in Wilmington, Delaware. Whole tickets for the drawing are sold for five dollars, half tickets for two dollars and fifty cents, and quarter tickets for one dollar and twenty-five cents. The scheme on the print also lists totals of "32.396 prizes, ... amounting to $281.861." The rewards and title information are printed in bold. Towards the bottom of the print is an image of two hands shown pointing at text listing the rules of the lottery.

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Every ticket a prize! No blank tickets! ... : lottery for the benefit of the state of Delaware, class 252 for 1861

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Image of a broadside listing information about lottery prizes for a drawing taking place on Saturday, April 27th, 1861 in Wilmington, Delaware. The scheme on the print lists totals of "76,076 prizes, amounting to $578,557," and the print advertises tickets selling for $10. The venders of the lottery drawing are Bowers Wilkins & Co., and Wood, Eddy & Co. are the managers. The broadside is surrounded by a decorative border with intricate scrollwork.

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Irwin & Co., lottery and exchange brokers, no. 8 Basement Barnum's City Hotel, Baltimore

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Image of a broadside listing information about lottery prizes, rewards, and ticketing pricing for a drawing organized by Irwin & Co. taking place at Barnum's City Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland on Wednesday, July 19th, 1854. Prize rewards range from $20,000 to $60,000. Five columns separate the different schemes and earnings of the drawings. Towards the top left corner is an image from an engraving of a view of Barnum's City Hotel in Maryland. The advertisement for the event is printed twice on one page.

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J. H. Miller & Co. lottery and exchange brokers and dealers in foreign gold, bank notes, bullion, &C

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Image of a folded leaflet describing the lottery schemes for drawings organized by J.H. Miller & Co. taking place in Baltimore, Maryland throughout the month of June in 1856. Information on recto and verso list prize amounts and dates of the lotteries. Towards the bottom of recto, printed sideways in landscape orientation is information about the grand consolidated lottery of Maryland with 32,396 prizes amounting to $1,202,000. Multiple fonts are used throughout the print, and reward amounts are bolded. Images of hand symbols are used to point out specific rules of the drawings and amounts of winnings.

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Wyoming lottery

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Image of a broadside listing information about a charity drawing organized by J.M. Pattee taking place on April 29, 1875 in Laramie City, Wyoming. Information about the charity event is printed on both sides of the broadside and there are three columns of text on each side. Prizes for the lottery total up to $350,000. Columns surrounding the print include promotional information about Pattee, testimonials, endorsements, and information about the humanitarian intent of the drawing. Verso includes more promotional statements about the charity drawing, lists names of former lottery winners, and includes advertisements for the American Gold and Silver Mining Co. (scam company run by Pattee), and Lohman & Co.’s Indian Blood Purifier product.

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