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Title
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 80 with Kansas City Businesses
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing 11 advertising cards including four for businesses in Kansas City, Missouri. The cards show the following:1. A woman's face over a field of cows. Card says: "The Great American Drama. Only a Farmers Daughter." Bottom of card says: "The Courier Lith. Co. Buffalo, N.Y."2. A woman and child sitting looking at a piano labeled: "Packard Grand."3. Three horses drinking at a trough. Card says: "$1,000 reward for the proof of the existence of a better liniment for human and animal flesh than 'Merchant's Gargling Oil' or a better worm remedy than 'Merchant's Worm Tablets' Manufactured by Merchant's Gargling Oil Co., Lockport, N.Y. John Hodge, Secy." Bottom of card says: "The Courier Lith. Co. Buffalo, N.Y."4. A geisha wearing collar and cuffs and using an umbrella and shoes made of cuffs. Card says: "Celluloid Waterproof Collars, Cuffs, and Shirt Bosoms." Bottom of card says: "Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, N.Y."5. A woman with a man in a bathrobe holding a bottle. Card says: "Ayer's Sarsaparilla. The Deacon: 'Land sake Liza, the very sight of that bottle makes me feel like another man.' Ayer's Sarsaparilla is a compound concentrated extract-the strongest, best, cheapest blood medicine."6. A woman wearing a fancy collar. Card says: "Yours for Health, Lydia E. Pinkham. Put this in your album." Handwriting on card says: "Something New."7. A smiling cat. Caption says: "Ha! Ha! Ha! I've eaten the canary!"8. A small image of a sewing machine and two scenes with a woman speaking to a man entitled "A Painful Alternative." One says: "I will have a 'New Home' Machine!" and the other says: "A 'New Home' or a divorce, Take your choice, Sir!" Card says: "New Home Sewing Machine Co., 1030 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. F. M. Weaver and Co. Wholesale Dealers."9. Price list for purveyor of alcohol, "Louis Robidoux, Kansas City, Mo." Card includes prices for "W. H. McBrayer, Breckenridge, Golden Wedding Rye, J. W. Dant, Old Crow, Maple Leaf, Anderson County, Howard County Bourbon, Duncan County Bourbon, Jim Crow."10. "Columbus presenting to the King and Queen of Spain Trophies secured in the New World 1492." Native Americans are huddled in the corner and a carriage is displayed. Card says: "Columbus Buggy Co., Columbus, Ohio. Branch House, 806 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo." Bottom of card says: "The Krebs Co., Cin.O."11. A cat playing with yarn on knitting needles. Card says: "New Home Sewing Machine Co., No. 101 West Ninth Street, Kansas City, Mo."
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Travel
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Description
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A reflection on Kansas City's "boozy past," especially liquor stores and saloons in the West Bottoms, and a "tour" of present-day distilleries and pubs in the Kansas City area. Includes a color picture of the exterior of Boulevard Brewing Co. at 25th Street and Southwest Boulevard that celebrated its 21st birthday last November. It also discusses McCormick Distillery in Weston, Missouri.
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Date
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2011-06
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Pop Goes the Festival
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Description
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Article profiles the founders of the Paris of the Plains Cocktail Festival or "PopFest", a week long bartending celebration fearturing cocktail seminars, bartending competitions, and other events. The festival was founded in 2007 by Doug Frost, Ryan Maybee, and Brandon Cummins. What began as a one-day event, turned into a week long festival in 2012.
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Date
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2013-08-21
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
