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Omaha! A noble charity. To erect on orphan asylum and home for sick and destitute persons ... J.M. Pattee
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Image of a broadside for a charity drawing organized by J.M Pattee of Omaha, Nebraska, taking place on March 31st, 1873 to raise funds for building an orphan asylum. Information about the charity event is printed on both sides of the broadside, and there are three columns of text on each side. The central text is provides information about ticket prices, and provides a prize list. Columns surrounding the print include promotional information about J.M. Pattee, testimonials, endorsements, and information about the humanitarian intent of the drawing. Verso includes more promotional statements about the charity drawing and lists names of former lottery winners.
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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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The Jay T. Last collection of sports and leisure prints and ephemera contains about 1,770 printed materials related to the history and advertising of athletics, recreational activities, pyrotechnics, gambling, and games in the United States. The materials date from approximately 1758 to approximately 1938, although the bulk of the items date from the mid-19th to early-20th centuries. The collection consists of about 67 large-sized items, and over 1,000 smaller-sized items, including paper dolls, playing cards, trade cards, puzzle cards, dime novels, and promotional billheads and letterheads. Images on the materials range from scenes of indoor pastimes such as billiard and board games, to outdoor sports and activities like roller skating and horse racing. Some materials also include advertisements for fireworks and other pyrotechnic products, largely promoted for Fourth of July celebrations. The collection also consists of many broadsides announcing lottery and charity drawings that took place in Delaware, Maryland, Louisiana, Wyoming, Kansas, and other parts of the United States. Many of the drawings were organized by reputed swindlers at the time, like J.M. (James Monroe) Pattee and L.D. Sine. Some of the drawings organized by the Louisiana State Lottery Company were also officiated by former Confederate generals G. T. (Gustave Toutant) Beauregard and Jubal Anderson Early. In addition to sport materials, this collection also consists of items relating to toys and novelties. Items range from paper cut-out templates, to playing cards, holiday toy listings by retailers, and toy advertisements by manufacturers such as the Milton Bradley Company and the McLoughlin Bros. A significant portion of this collection includes paper dolls with fashion accessories, published either as promotional product advertisements by companies, as art supplements by newspapers, or as toys retailed to consumers.
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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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The great European & American consolidated lottery
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Image of a broadside describing prizes offered in a lottery drawing that took place in Paris, France on February 15th, 1866. Tickets were sold for one dollar, and orders were to be addressed to "Jules Mackron, Hughesville, Penn." Print describes the method of drawing, lists the prize money amounts, and includes background on the history of the drawing. Multiple typography fonts are used throughout the print.
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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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