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

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    Company: Bowers, Wilkins & Co., Wilmington (Del.). Company: Wood, Eddy & Co., Wilmington (Del.).

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  • France, Broadbents & Co.'s Delaware lotteries

    France, Broadbents & Co.'s Delaware lotteries

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    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.

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  • Class 260, to be drawn in Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday, October 31st, 1860

    Class 260, to be drawn in Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday, October 31st, 1860

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    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

    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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    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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    More attractions : twenty-five capital gifts!

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    Image of a broadside advertising a social banquet organized by Coburn & Co. for a lottery drawing taking place at the Union Hotel in Plaistow, New Hampshire on Thursday, November 7th, 1861. Tickets of admission cost two dollars, and prizes ranged from 5 cash gifts at $10.00 dollars each, to 200,000 gifts amounting to $400.00. The print is surrounded with a decorative border, and text on the broadside is written in about eight different font styles.

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