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Santa and Children on a Coffee Advertisement

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising greeting card which reads "Handsome Christmas Card in Every package of Lion Coffee, November 5 to Christmas Day." The card depicts Santa Claus ...
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Prototype of Methodist Revivals

Date: 1896
Description: Drawing comparing Methodist revivals to gatherings of howling monkeys.
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Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 1918
Description: Small monkeys in their wire mesh enclosure at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), opened in 1911.
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Dorothy Phillips, a Capuchin Monkey, and a Bell and Howell Motion Picture Camera

Date: 1922
Description: Original title: "This is one of the rare snapshots which a photographer gets only once in a peagreen moon. Dorothy Phillips, star of Allen Holubar's Th...
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Snapshot of Ruth Roland and a Monkey

Date: 1922
Description: Silent film actress Ruth Roland in riding costume and a velveteen cap playing with a small monkey.
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Clara Kimball Young and a Monkey

Date: 1918
Description: In this snapshot silent film actress Clara Kimball Young holds a white-faced capuchin monkey wearing clothes and a cap. A girl and man are in the backgroun...
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R.M.S.S. Magdalena Dinner Menu

Date: 08 09 1890
Description: One-page menu from the R.M.S.S. Magdalena of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, with a parrot and a cockatiel perched on a branch above the compan...

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