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Lou Gehrig and Blondy Ryan
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News photograph 1935
Mussolini seizes power in Italy 1925. (fascist)
Real photo postcard 1925
January 3. Bill Cissell Born 1904.
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Bill Cissell born 1904. Photo shows rookie Cissell batting in a White Sox uniform, 1928.
January 2. World Exposition Opens Chicago 1893.
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World Exposition opens Chicago January 2, 1893. Chief Rain in the Face 1893 Chicago Please share your comments below or share this blog with your friends on Facebook, Linkedin or Twitter.…
January 2. Sam Crane Born 1854.
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Sam Crane born Jan 2, 1854. Portrait wearing Lowell BBC uniform from 1877. Please share your comments below or share this blog with your friends on Facebook, Linkedin or Twitter. Looking…
Hank Greenberg • Spring Training • Feller Pitching
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News photograph 1939
Alcatraz Becomes A Federal Prison Promo
Die Cut 1934
Boxing Day
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Our lithographic sign illustrates a young, loose-bloused woman moving BOXES with various colors and names on Boxing Day, a holiday not very well known in the United States. The day…
Basso Profundo Feodor Chaliapin
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Basso Profundo Feodor Chaliapin was known as the greatest basso vocalist in the world, long before the three tenors, Pavarotti, Domingo and Carreras were competing for the position of greatest…
Turkey Mike Donlin Cameraphone
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Turkey Mike Donlin was quite a character as this Cameraphone shows He grew up in an orphanage in Erie, Pennsylvania, surrounded by his 14 brothers, sisters, and cousins. Lucky for…
General Store Interior
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I just want to crawl into this photograph of a general store interior and get a good look at all the fabulous inventory and signage in this well-stocked and decorated…
Vermifuge
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Vermifuge
Virginia Expo Souvenir
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Virginia Expo Souvenir
Strange Love
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Strange Love
Scales of Justice
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Advertising Trade Card • for Fairbanks Scales Co. • 3″ x 6″ • c.1885
Richelieu Jewellery
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Richelieu Jewellery
Richelieu Gems
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Richelieu Gems
Reflecting Hoe
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Advertising Trade Card • for Ivan Hoe Co. • Jackson, Michigan • 3″ x 6″ • c.1880
Red Cap Shooter
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Advertising Trade Card • Hatch Litho • NYC • 5″ x 3″ • c.1880
Quaker Oats Puzzle
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Advertising Die Cur • Forbes Litho • Boston • 3″ x 5″ • c.1890
Poster Man Lights Up
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Advertising Trade Card • Forbes Litho • Boston • 3″ x 5″ • 1885
Post Card Stage Coach
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Real Photo Postcard • London • 5″ x 3.5″ • c.1910
Pattern Endpaper
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Pattern Endpaper
Paragon Label
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Cigar box Label • Heppenheimer Litho • NYC • 8″ x 5″ • c.1870
Panoramic Budweiser
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Panoramic Budweiser
N. Currier Engravings
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Placard • N. Currier Litho • NYC • 12″ nx 15″ • c,1850
La Floridita
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Postcard • for La Florida Bar • Havana • 5″ x 3.5″ • c.1930
Labels by Crump
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Advertising Trade Card • Crump’s Press • NYC • 3″ x 7″ • c.1870
Label Maker Sign
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Advertising Trade Card • Crump’s Press • NYC • 3″ x 7″ • c.1870
John Hancock Insurance Calendar
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Calendar Poster • for John Hancock Insurance Co. • Hartford, Connecticut • 10″ x 14″ • 1889
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