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Anchor Line sailing regularly between New York Glasgow via Londonderry. Henderson Brothers, general agents New York - Chicago



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    Cunard Line New York, Boston, Liverpool and Queenstown

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    Image of a steamship sailing near a small tugboat at the center of an advertisement for Cunard Line and their agents; sailing vessels visible in background at right; "The Cunard Steamship Company, Limited" insignia at top right with a crowned lion holding a globe encircled by a belt border.

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  • State line : Austin, Baldwin & Co. General agents

    State line : Austin, Baldwin & Co. General agents

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    Image of an advertisement for the State Line and their agents; a sailor hammering a flag emblazoned with an "S" and a star at the top of a mast with ships sailing the ocean in the background within a decorative frame; globes at left and right showing both sides of the world.

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    Anchor Line transatlantic & Mediterranean steamships sail regularly every Wednesday & Saturday

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    The Jay T. Last collection of maritime prints and ephemera contains approximately 1,150 printed items that pertain to travel, shipping, and other maritime-related activities and businesses in the United States primarily dating from the second half of the 19th century. The collection consists of advertising and promotional materials, business records, and illustrations produced for or relevant to steamship companies, sailing vessels, shipping entities, passenger lines, and related businesses and publications.The collection has more than 55 large-size items comprised mainly of lithographic and engraved prints of ships, certificates and contracts, and advertising materials for passenger and shipping routes. Small-size items in the collection number approximately 1,100 and are comprised mainly of advertising and promotional ephemera and business documents. The vast majority of these items are bills of lading and steamship passes, but the collection also has trade cards, timetables, booklets, directory ads, menus, passenger lists, postcards, handbills, and printed billheads and letterheads with manuscript text. Subjects addressed within the collection include commerce, advertising, technology and engineering, and tourism as related to river, lake, and ocean travel mostly in the United States. The images are primarily promotional and provide information about the history of passenger travel and commercial shipping, as well as the advertising strategies employed by these industries in the 19th and early 20th centuries. As graphic materials, the items offer evidence of visual culture and printmaking techniques and trends, as well as information about the artists, engravers, lithographers, printers, and publishers involved in the creative process.

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  • Around the world with the Yellow Kid in the great New York Sunday Journal

    Around the world with the Yellow Kid in the great New York Sunday Journal

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    Image of an advertisement for the New York Sunday Journal January 1897 issue featuring the comic character The Yellow Kid at sea on a sailboat with boys and girls of various races, a goat, a dog, and a cat at the steering wheel; four men dressed as heads of state stand on the shore at left.

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  • New novels... published by Longmans, Green, & Co. New York

    New novels... published by Longmans, Green, & Co. New York

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    Image of an advertisement for the Story of Ulla and other Tales, Matthew Furth, and Josephine Crewe, all published by Longmans, Green, & Company of New York City; decorative floral border with ship and swan shields at bottom left.

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  • American B.H.O. & Sewing Machine Co

    American B.H.O. & Sewing Machine Co

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    Image of an advertisement for sewing machine model number 7 manufactured by the American Button Hole, Overseaming, and Sewing Machine Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; seven styles of sewing machines with prices and descriptions; decorative floral border with roses, a waterfall, sailboat along a shoreline, eagle, horse-drawn cart on a lane, and train locomotive coming around a bend on a railroad.

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