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| Date: | 09 1895 |
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| Description: | Full page, engraved advertisement for Andrae Cycles. Depicts men and women bicycling on a path in a bucolic setting, in addition to text promoting bicycles... |
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| Description: | Pen and ink drawing of the backside of a small, naked boy holding an ice cream cone while wearing Cecil's Sandals with the caption: "Beat the Heat in Cecil... |
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| Description: | Pen and ink drawing of a man with a large nose looking down at his feet. He is wearing sandals. Caption reads: "He Nose Comfort and Health from Head to Toe... |
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| Description: | Playful illustration art of a dog bowing down, tail wagging. |
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| Description: | Illustrative art showing a left hand holding up three fingers, along with the text: "3 Operations At Once." The motto referred to the manufacturing capabil... |
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| Description: | Illustrative pen-and-ink art showing ships on water. The panoramic view details different types and sizes of maritime vessels. Printer's annotations in gra... |
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| Description: | Illustration art in black ink of a locomotive pulling a long line of railroad cars in a strong diagonal composition. The engine advances to the lower left ... |
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| Description: | Illustration art of an unmarked delivery van. All corners are rounded and the cab is more flat-fronted on added overlay than original drawn underneath. The... |
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| Description: | Illustration art of an engineer wearing work clothes and introducing a Gisholt Machine Company turret lathe. |
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| Description: | Illustrative art of a tire rolling above the text that reads: "Things Move Fast," collaged with a photographed tire pasted on the right, a spiral line link... |
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| Description: | Text graphic on paper that reads: "Why Use Seven Men to do the work of ONE." Reproduction instructions are written in pencil underneath. |
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| Description: | Illustration art of candling an egg. On a black background, the bright flame at the end of a tapered candle on the left illuminates a right hand holding up... |
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| Description: | Humorous illustration art of a male tightrope walker wearing tights, slippers and v-necked top struggling for balance. He has one foot on the wire, and the... |
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| Description: | Rendering of a man using handmade lathe. The lathe consists of a tree branch tied with a rope attached to a log suspended between two tree trunks, and a lo... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Drawing of an abstract shape in red, yellow, black and blue. It reads: "To You, Safety First, In 1959, Is A Personal Problem." |
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| Description: | Drawing of an old man with a long beard and moustache holding a sand hourglass. On the left the caption reads: "Sandal styles are over 2000 years old, but ... |
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| Description: | Drawing of a human face on the bottom of a sandal. On its body the caption reads: "Don't buy booze. Don't buy shoes. Buy Cecil's sandals." Printer's instru... |
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| Description: | Illustration art of American World War II soldiers walking single file on a wooden planked bridge with guide rope. The foreshortening perspective shows boo... |
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