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Visual Materials
Publisher: City of New Orleans, New Orleans (La.).
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Visual Materials
Image of a broadside in red and green colors listing information about a lottery drawing organized by L.D. Sine that took place in St. Louis, Missouri in 1873. The print includes information about the different types of prizes awarded to winners, ranging from cash, gold, silver, watches, bracelets, silverware, utensils, tea sets, and other materials. Text on the print includes information about ticket prices, the total number of gifts available, and lists precautions for purchasing tickets from agents. Below the title, recto includes a detailed engraving of a blind-folded man holding up a piece of paper while spinning the lottery wheel. Top of verso includes a section labeled, "Manner of Drawing," describing how the drawings are called and what the process entails. Shown in this section is an engraving of a blindfolded young man with one hand on a lottery wheel, and the other holding up a piece of paper. Another man is seated near him by a desk, writing down the called lottery numbers. A crowd of people surround them, watching the drawing process. The rest of verso includes a detailed list of gifts to be drawn at the event.
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Image of a broadside in red and blue colors listing information about a lottery drawing organized by L.D. Sine that took place in St. Louis, Missouri on January 1, 1874. The print includes information about the different types of prizes awarded to winners, ranging from cash, gold, silver, watches, bracelets, silverware, utensils, tea sets, and other materials. Text on the print includes information about ticket prices, the total number of gifts available, and lists precautions for purchasing tickets from agents. In the middle of the decorative title on recto is a decorative image of a blind-folded young man holding up a piece of paper while spinning the lottery wheel. Image is surrounded by decorative scrollwork. Top of verso includes a section labeled, "Manner of Drawing," describing how the lottery drawings are called and what the process entails. Shown in this section is an engraving of a blindfolded young man with one hand on a lottery wheel, and the other holding up a piece of paper. Another man is seated near him by a desk, writing down the called lottery numbers. A crowd of people surround them, watching the drawing process. The rest of verso includes a detailed list of gifts to be drawn at the event. Both recto and verso include a red decorative border.
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Image of a broadside, printed on both sides, describing prizes offered in a lottery drawing taking place in Cincinnati, Ohio on Monday, October 29, 1860. Some of the prizes listed include a horse, buggy, and harness, sewing machines, farmland, watches, jewelry, gold, cash, and silver products. Tickets are sold for one dollar, and orders are to be addressed to "L.D. Sine, box 710, Cincinnati, Ohio." On bottom of verso is a section titled "Manner of Drawing," describing how the drawings are called and what the process entails. Shown in this section is an engraving of a blindfolded young man with one hand on a lottery wheel, and the other holding up a piece of paper. Another man is seated near him by a desk, writing down the called lottery numbers. A crowd of people surround them, watching the drawing process.
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Visual Materials
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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Manuscripts
Material documenting the personal and professional life of artist Don Bachardy, including artworks, personal papers, and photographs. Artworks consist of portraits Bachardy created primarily between 1961 and 2002, with some early works from the 1940s and 1950s, and include drawings in pencil or pen and ink, as well as acrylic paintings.
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