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Title
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 48 with Puns
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing 22 advertising cards arranged in four rows of six (two cards are missing). Each card is 4 x 7 cm. and creates a pun by illustrating a phrase in an unintended way such as a man wearing Scottish dress dancing for "Hop Scotch," a cow wearing a suit, tie, and top hat for "Dressed Beef," a hunter running away from a bear for "A Bare Chance," a boy stealing a man's pocket watch for "Losing Time," a very ugly woman for "Unmatched," and a man hanged from a tree for "A Drop Too Much."
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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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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 66 with People
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing eight advertising cards depicting people arranged around a central card with paper lace. The eight cards each have a color border and artwork showing the following:1. A woman in ancient dress dancing.2. An elderly couple sitting for a drink of wine.3. A woman with romantic floral border.4. A man riding a horse holding a guitar.5. A girl holding a cat.6. A woman leaning against a wall.7. A woman sitting on a crescent moon in the sky. (Card is pasted upside down.)8. Children begging for food from a woman selling breads on the street.
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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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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 49 with Puns
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing 23 advertising cards arranged in four rows of six (one card is missing). Each card is 4 x 7 cm. and illustrates a phrase in an unintended way, sometimes creating a pun, such as a goat eating a book labeled Darwin for "Brain Food," a man getting excited over a card game for "A Winning Way," a group of beavers carrying bricks to water for "A Building Lot," a boy leaning down to play marbles for "He stoops to conquer," and a dog biting and holding on to a man's trousers for "Stronghold."
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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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Group Who Extended Invitation to President Grover Cleveland
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Description
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Framed (17 in. x 22.75 in.) group photograph (15 in. x 20.75 in.) of a group of 97 people standing in front of an unidentified entry way. According to handwritten inventory, inscription reads: "It was away back in 1885 that this party of Kansas Citians journeyed to Washington to extend President Cleveland an invitation to attend a celebration in Kansas City which he accepted..." Each individual is numbered but the identification list is not with the photograph. The only people identified are: J. K. Davidson, J. R. Stroller, M. J. Payne, Mrs. M. J. Payne, W. W. Morgan, and Prof. J. T. Buchanan.
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Date
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1885
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Woodward Stock Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Woodward Stock Co. with a photograph of a group of men, women, and two children. Front of card says: "Woodward Stock Co./ Souvenir Fiftieth Performance, Auditorium, Kansas City. November 22, 1897." Back of card is blank. No address is given.
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Date
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1897
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Knights of Columbus Band
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Description
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Framed (8.5 in. x 34.5 in.) photograph captioned: "Annual State Convention, Knights of Columbus, St. Joseph, Mo., May 16-17, '22." Includes unidentified band members in white uniforms standing in a row with their instruments in front of an unidentified building. Face of drum reads: "Knights of Columbus, Marquette 1698, Kansas City Mo." Donor states that the band leader is Michael Ingino.
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Date
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1922
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Object Type
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Archival Material
