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Fifth Baptist Church, Eighteenth and Spring Garden Streets
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Exterior view of church before Horace Trumbauer was commissioned to renovate the church in 1924. Includes an inset of an unidentified man, possibly the pastor of the church., Also known as the Brandywine Fifth Baptist Church., Sheet number: 50B02B., Divided back. Church bulletin on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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Creator
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Brightbill, George M., collector.
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Date
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ca. 1908
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Location
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Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]
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HOP LIGHT, LOO.
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My ole missus she's a widder (4 vs. and chor.) Publ. Johnson (3); advs: You will save 25 per cent, and Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, etc; printed and sold wholesale at [blank] Card and Job Printing Office Philad. T. o. border. 23.7 x 15.2 cm.
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Thurwanger, John
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John Thurwanger, born ca. 1834 in New York to German parents Francis Thurwanger and Verena Kohler, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. The Thurwangers moved from New York to Pottsville, Pennsylvania, where Francis operated an eating house by 1850. The Thurwangers relocated to Philadelphia by 1855, when city directories list Francis as a trimmer working from 92 South Twelfth Street. He also operated a picture shop in 1857. After his father's death, Thurwanger's mother, a portrait, genre and religious painter, continued the business as a picture seller from 1711 Sansom Street in 1859. By 1860, the family resided, without Francis, in Center City (Ward 8). Thurwanger's brothers Joseph and Charles were also lithographers.
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b. ca. 1834
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Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
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Huddy, William M.
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William Massey Huddy, born on May 5, 1807 in Philadelphia, was the city's premier military artist, lithographer, publisher and editor in the late 1830s and early 1840s. Known primarily as the senior partner of Huddy & Duval, the firm which published and illustrated "The United States Military Magazine" (1839-1842), Huddy also created miniatures, engravings, and paintings for fraternal clubs, jewelers, and fire and military organizations from ca. 1825 until his death in 1846., Born to merchant Hunlock Huddy (1776-1825) and Eliza Massey (b. 1867), Huddy was educated at Mrs. Carson's Seminary and later in 1820 at Thomas D. Watson's Dietical Seminary (73 Pine Street), where he strengthened his drawing skills. During the 1820s, he joined the United States Fire Company and in 1827 began his lifelong involvement with volunteer military organizations when he joined the Philadelphia Grays. After the Grays' dissolution in 1829, he served with the National Greys. During this time, he resided with his mother and brothers at 269 South Front Street until he married Mary Ann Hickey (1811-1887) in 1833 and moved to a shop with residence at 85 Bilwyn (i.e., Dillwyn or Kunkle) Street in Northern Liberties. Following a fire at the shop in 1837, Huddy and his wife resided briefly with his mother at 60 Old York Road. They subsequently moved to 84 Noble Street, where 1835 city directories listed him as a "gold chaser." Four years later the Noble Street address appeared on the title page of the first issue of the "Military Magazine" published by Huddy & Duval., From Huddy & Duval's offices at 7 Bank Alley (Duval's business address since 1835), Huddy was engaged primarily with the business and editorial responsibilities of the subscription magazine while P. S. Duval created the lithographic illustrations depicting officers in detailed and accurate representations of militia uniforms and scenes of camp life. The magazine and partnership ceased operations in 1842, according to the Garrett biography, for a variety of reasons, including financial issues from unpaid subscriptions and the destruction of many of the magazine's plates in a fire that originated over the offices of Huddy & Duval in 1842., After the partnership with Duval, Huddy served as Aide-de-Camp of the City of Philadelphia and continued to experiment with lithography. His lithographic work included a sylvan landscape view signed "1st attempt at lithography"; "Camp De Kalb, Pottsville, Pa." (1843); a proof sheet of four Biblical scenes (1844); a lithographic proof for the Boon Light Infantry of St. Louis, Missouri; and a lithograph depicting a "volunteer fireman carrying an unconscious maiden from a conflagration.", In 1844, Huddy moved to Ninth and Wallace Streets from Noble Street and suffered his first heart attack the following fall. He passed away, childless, after a second heart attack on November 2, 1846. His widow Mary Ann resided with his brother Benjamin Huddy's family until her death in 1887.
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May 5, 1807-November 2, 1846
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Location
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Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
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Oh! You Little Darling.
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Forms part of a twenty-three page song book, filed under 1523.1., Oh! what a thing it is to be (3 vs. and chor.) No. 636. Publ. H.J. Wehman, song publisher, New York. T.o. border. 24.5 x 15.5 cm.
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Machinery Hall - Russian Section
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Interior view of Machinery Hall. The foreground depicts the Russian section, which houses various weaponry on display. The background also shows the sections of exhibits belonging to Sweden and Belgium.
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Creator
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Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
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Date
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1876
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Location
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Centennial - album [P.8965.21f]
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Kitty Wells.
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Forms part of a twenty-three page song book, filed under 1523.1., Varient of Wolf 1199a-c., You ask what makes this darkey weep (3 vs. and chor.) No. 109. Publ. E. Nason Co., 21 Ann Street, New York. T.o. border. 24.5 x 15.5 cm.
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THE IRISH VOLUNTEER. NO. 3.
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I'll sing of a sol- dier, both gallant and brave (5 vs.) Written and sung by Tony Pastor., Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan eagle border. 25.5 x 16.1 cm., Variant: b. [Without periods after "Volunteer" and "3";] sheet no. 1068; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley Pat and Mike border. 24.3 x 14.5 cm., Variant: c. [As above, with THE FIREMAN'S DEATH on recto.] Wrigley horned imp border. 24.9 x 15 cm.
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SOLDIER'S FAREWELL.
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Now dear friends we are to leave you (6 vs. and chor.) Tune—Gay and Happy. By Mrs. G. P. Hardwick, Washington, D.C.; cop: 1863, G. P. Hardwick, D.C., Variant: a. Letter paper; red ink; double-line border; woman in farm scene, and soldier with flag and bayonet. 20 x 12.7 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] blue ink. 20.2 x 13 cm.
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Women's Pavilion from Gallery
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Interior view of the Women's Pavilion from the Gallery. The objects on display range from chests of drawers to elegant cabinetry and other furniture.
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Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
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Date
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1876
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Location
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Centennial - album [P.8965.23a]
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The course of time
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Creator
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Pollok, Robert, creator
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1846
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Location
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Am 1846 Pollok
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Rum Sucker.
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A man sits at a table and drinks rum through a straw. A bartender stands at a bar in the background. "Sucker" refers to both an excessive drinker and an easily cheated person., Text: A sucker, when you were young, / A sucker, when older you've grown; / And thus, in good sooth, is plain for to see / No matter, how old, a sucker you'll be., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
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[between 1840 and 1880?]
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ASSU Illustration 3652
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Description
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Block numbered in one place: 3652., Image of a horse rearing., Tape (inscribed “887”) on obverse.
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Date
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[s.a.]
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ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 4
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Buffeting
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Creator
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Pemberton, Jeannette, creator
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Date
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1892
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Location
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zin 1562
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It is believed some men among.
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The valentine depicts a man crouching down with his hand near his face. His shadow resembles a monkey. The text references the theory of evolution presented by Charles Darwin in his On the origin of species (1859)., Text: It is believed some men among, / That all us folks from monkey sprung, / But until first I saw your face, / I did not think such was the case, / Yet then I thought it might be true-- / That is, my friend, regarding you., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector., Provenance: Magnus, Charles.
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[not before 1859]
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The South-West.
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Creator
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Ingraham, Joseph Holt, creator
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1835
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Location
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Am 1835 Ingra
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Conklin, Jacob M.
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Jacob M. Conklin, born ca. 1840 in Vermont, worked as a lithographer and shirt manufacturer in Philadelphia. A member of the Lithographic Printers Union, serving as secretary in 1862, Conklin was employed by P. S. Duval & Co. at 22 South Fifth Street in 1858. By 1866, he partnered in Conklin & Gibbons at the southeast corner of Dock & Walnut Streets. Two years later he tenanted 148 1/2 Walnut Street, the same address as fellow lithographers Samuel B. Linton and Daniel O'Donnell. Conklin switched trades in 1872 and opened a varieties and furnishing store at 1221 Girard Avenue, where the business remained until the late 1880s. By the early 1890s the business had relocated at 1132 Arch Street., During the 1860s, Conklin resided at 906 Ontario Street (Ward 25). In the 1870s he lived near his "gentleman's furnishing" business at 1238 Girard Avenue (Ward 14), and in the 1880s he resided at 538 North Eleventh Street (Ward 10). In the 1890s he lived with his wife Margaret W. (b. ca. 1840) and her sister Nancy M. Platt (b. ca. 1837) at 330 Arch Street in Camden, N.J.
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b. ca. 1840
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Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
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Hobson, R. H. (Richard H.)
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Richard H. Hobson, born in England in the ca. 1780s, was an antebellum-era Philadelphia fancy, stationery, and print store proprietor who published in 1832 the unique, morphed lithographic view of the Philadelphia Bank. The print titled "Horizantorium" was lithographed by J. J. Barker after the drawing of William Mason. Hobson worked as a merchant in Philadelphia by 1823 and operated a fancy and print store from 147 (i.e., 400 block) Chestnut Street from the late 1820s to ca. 1835. He also published engravings, sheet music, books, and portraiture, often with engraver and lithographer Cephas G. Childs in the 1830s., Hobson was naturalized in October 1828, and resided in the Chestnut Ward in 1830. His widow E. Hobson operated the fancy store beginning in 1835.
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b. ca. 1780s-ca. 1835
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Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
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Song sheet headpiece 159
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Sample image scanned from: Wolf 531b, One of 297 song sheet headpiece designs identified by Edwin Wolf in his bibliography, American Song Sheets, Slip Ballads and Poetical Broadsides Collection, 1850-1870: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1963).
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NATIONAL HYMN.
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Ira the name of Jehovah our banner we raise (4 vs. and chors.) [Air:] Moore's Song, [with slight variations] With explanation beginning: "The following hymn is copied from the new book of 'Poems' "..., by T. H. Stockton, Chaplain to Congress; for sale at
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BEAUREGARD AT MANASSAS.
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Now glory to the Lord of Hosts, oh, bless and praise His name (5 vs.) [By Mary Devereux Clarke.] 15.7 x 8.5 cm. (cropped)
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ASSU Illustration 3559
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Block numbered in at least one place: 3559., Image of Moses seated, holding the Ten Commandments, with his other arm outstretched., Illustration appears in The Infant scripture library (Philadelphia, 1857-1907?), p. 1?, Illustration also appears in Moses, Child's home library series no.2 (Philadelphia, between 1857 and 1870?), p. 1., Illustration also appears in The Book of one hundred pictures (Philadelphia, between 1861 and 1907?), p. 73.
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[s.a.]
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ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 8
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To Lafayette, we are grateful.
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Image: Full length portrait of Marquis de Lafayette standing in front of the American and French flags. He holds his hat and walking stick in his right hand., Verse 2482: To Lafayette, we are grateful., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
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1861-1865
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WHERE IS MY LOVER?
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Where is my lover? can any one tell (3 vs.) Publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan comic heads border. 24 x 16 cm.
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Lottie Lee.
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I think of thee, my loved one Lottie (2 vs. and chor.) Publ. Johnson (2); adv: Prof. Brook's Dancer's Guide. 18.9 x 11.5 cm.
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You don't look handsome in your regimentals,
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A soldier smokes a pipe. He holds a gun and rucksack. The valentine mocks his appearance and unwarrented vanity. L. Prang & Co. first appeared in the Boston city directory in 1863., Text: You don't look handsome in your regimentals, / Although your doubtless think you're very fine. / You'll ne'er belong unto the sentimentals, / And ne'er can hope to be my valentine., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
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[1863-1865?]
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DEAR MOTHER, I'VE COME HOME TO EAT.
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Dear Mother, I remember well (3 vs. and chor.) Air: Dear Mother, I've come home to die. By John C. Cross; short description beginning: "This melancholy scene happened but a few months ago. . .", Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan clown border. 23.2 x 14.8 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] De Marsan horned imp border. 25.4 x 16.8 cm., Variant: c. Adv: 500 Illustrated Ballads [publ.] Magnus (2). Letter paper; blue ink; hdpc. Magnus 173, col.; publ. Magnus (1). 20.5 x 12.7 cm.
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Elks Convention 1907 postcards
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Contains commemorative postcards and advertisements for the Elks Convention, the 21st annual reunion of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (B.P.O.E.) held in Philadelphia in 1907. Depicts elk on every postcard; City Hall tower; William Penn; clocks striking eleven o'clock in the evening; the Court of Honor showing City Hall in the distance; the Quien Sabe Club of El Paso, Texas marching in the procession and an unidentified street view showing buildings and street posts ornamented with pennants. Also includes views of specific buildings like Carpenter's Hall; Horticultural Hall; Independence Hall; City Hall; the Liberty Bell; Wanamaker's store; Strawbridge and Clothier; Lit Brothers store; the North American building and the Ladies' Reception headquarters., Contains 22 postcards printed in color and 15 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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Creator
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Brightbill, George M., collector.
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Date
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1907
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Location
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Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Elks Convention 1907 - 59]
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