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Home Sweet Home Sampler

Date: 1877
Description: Punch paper "Home Sweet Home" sampler.
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Mourning Badge with Grant Image

Date: 07 23 1885
Description: Mourning Badge with the image of Ulysses S. Grant.
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Georgia Lottery Ticket

Date: 1845
Description: Georgia Lottery ticket from 1845 authorized by the Legislature for the benefit of Fort Gained Academy.
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Connecticut State Lottery Ticket

Date: 1826
Description: Connecticut State Lottery ticket for the benefit of the Bishop's Fund.
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Virginia State Lottery Ticket

Date: 1827
Description: Virginia State Lottery ticket for the benefit of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company.
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Louisiana State Lottery Ticket

Date: 1888
Description: Ticket for the quarterly twenty dollar drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery Company.
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Maryland State Lottery Letter

Date: 12 20 1855
Description: Letter confirming the purchase of two State of Maryland Lottery tickets by Mr. Charles A. Kingsley through the Chicago office of Pyfer & Co.
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Singer Advertising Card Box

Date: 1893
Description: Cover of a box produced by The Singer Manufacturing Company, which holds "Costumes of All Nations" souvenir cards, created for the 1893 World's Columbian E...
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Commercial Club of Boston Menu

Date: 06 27 1885
Description: Menu for a dinner at the Parker House, given by the Commercial Club of Boston for the Commercial Clubs of Chicago, Cincinnati, and St. Louis. Imprinted on ...
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Stuart Fargo at Eighteen Months

Date: 1899
Description: A decorated album page featuring a full-length studio portrait of Stuart Fargo, wearing a long gown and sitting on a settee with a bolster pillow at the le...
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Album Page with Pussy Willows

Date: 1899
Description: Two photographs featuring Louise Mears (Mrs. Frank B.) Fargo holding her son Stuart are mounted on an album page decorated with hand-painted pussy willow t...

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