Now see this burly bison [opening line of text]. [Advertising card.]
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Bell, R.W., Manufacturing Co.
Allis, A.T. (Hornellsville, N.Y.)
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- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Soap
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Text: "Now see this burly bison. / Who'd break the strongest rope. / He quiet as a lamb remains / When rubbed with Buffalo Soap. / Try it." Illustration of two young boys washing a sleeping buffalo (bison), while a girl bends over a box of soap and an American Indian boy seems to be riding a hobby horse. Illustration printing credit to "The Courier...
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David's Prize Soap Co. (New York, N.Y.)
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1 Item (col., 12.5 x 8 cm.)
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- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Soap
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Woman hanging laundry on line while speaking to another woman. Both figures are African American, apparently domestic servants. Both sides of card shown.
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Lever Brothers Company
Hardy, Dudley
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
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1 Item (col., 10.5 x 15.5 cm.)
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- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Soap
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Illustration of woman in Oriental or Arabian costume, holding up white diaphanous fabric, with city in background. The caption is on the image. Text on verso. For Sunlight Soap.
Both sides of card shown.
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Hassan Corktip Cigarettes
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1 Item (Ink on paper, 3-1/8" x 2-1/2".)
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- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Tobacco
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Undated cigarette trading card, HASSAN Corktip Cigarettes, "Cowboy Series". Bold rendering of cowboy wearing sombrero, twirling lariat.
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J. Ottomann Lith.
Waterbury Watch Co.
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1 Item (Ink on paper.)
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- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Music
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Color illustration of three women in kimonos (left to right) red, green and blue. Each holds a watch in her left hand, facing sidewise, bent slightly. Each holds a fan. Beneath them is a humorous poem, a new take on "Three little maids from school are we." Probably a chromolithograph, appears to be based on a photograph.
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Corticelli
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- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Music
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Caucasian woman, black hair, wearing deep red kimono with orange leaf pattern, holding white flowered fan. This image was also used by the following companies: Shaw & Ryan (Dry Goods), D.S. Andrus & Co (Pianos), Comerford & Daly (Teas & Coffees), Pomeroy's (Plaster), and Adams & Westlake Manufacturing Co (Stoves). The name "Yum Yum" was only used b...
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Mabley & Co.
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1 Item (Ink on paper.)
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- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Music
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Caucasian woman, brown hair, back to viewer facing right, wearing yellow kimono, purple sash, holding dark purple fan in right hand. This image also used by: H. Alexander (Boots), Bell's Buffalo Soap, George R. Lyon (Druggist), Holbrook & Taylor (Boots), and Adam & Westlake Manufacturing Co (Stoves).
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Sharpless Bros.
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- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Dry
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Black-haired Caucasian woman dressed in white kimono with roses, tied with pink sash. She holds a fan behind her neck with her left hand and has a small pink fan in her hair. Text on back advertises Sharpless Bros.' Dry Goods House, lists cloth selections.
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D. Hutinet (unclear reference)
Sharpless & Sons
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- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Dry
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Tan background. Chinese boy sitting on gold fan depicting Asian wildlife. Boy's robe (kimono?), light blue with red fringe. Text on back lists same location as Sharpless Bros. (Chestnut & 8th Street, Philadelphia, Pa.).
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Shepard, Norwell & Co.
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Illustration: Woman in multi-colored kimono carrying small boy in white cage. Gold background with pink-budded bush. Text on verso identifies Shepard, Norwell & Co. as a dry goods store on Winter Street , Boston.