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Managers' office of the Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri and Georgia state lotteries. Wilmington, Delaware; Augusta, Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia, May 1st, 1860
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Managers' office of the Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri and Georgia state lotteries. Wilmington, Delaware; Augusta, Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia, May 1st, 1860
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Company: Wood, Eddy, & Co., Wilmington (Del.).
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Class 260, to be drawn in Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday, October 31st, 1860
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Image of a broadside listing information about lottery prizes for a drawing taking place on Wednesday, October 31st, 1860 in Wilmington, Delaware. The scheme on the print lists totals of "34.412 prizes, ... amounting to $57.057." The rewards and pricing information are printed in bold. Below the scheme is an image of two hands shown pointing at text that reads, "14 drawn prizes in each package of 26 tickets." Towards the bottom of the print is an image of two hands shown pointing at text listing the rules of the lottery. Prizes and orders were addressed to Kelly, Hubbard & Co. in Wilmington, Delaware.
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Class 129, to be drawn in Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday, July 31st, 1860
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Image of a broadside listing information about lottery prizes, rewards, and ticket pricing for a lottery drawing taking place on July 31st, 1860 in Wilmington, Delaware. Whole tickets for the drawing are sold for five dollars, half tickets for two dollars and fifty cents, and quarter tickets for one dollar and twenty-five cents. The scheme on the print also lists totals of "32.396 prizes, ... amounting to $281.861." The rewards and title information are printed in bold. Towards the bottom of the print is an image of two hands shown pointing at text listing the rules of the lottery.
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J. H. Miller & Co. lottery and exchange brokers and dealers in foreign gold, bank notes, bullion, &C
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Image of a folded leaflet describing the lottery schemes for drawings organized by J.H. Miller & Co. taking place in Baltimore, Maryland throughout the month of June in 1856. Information on recto and verso list prize amounts and dates of the lotteries. Towards the bottom of recto, printed sideways in landscape orientation is information about the grand consolidated lottery of Maryland with 32,396 prizes amounting to $1,202,000. Multiple fonts are used throughout the print, and reward amounts are bolded. Images of hand symbols are used to point out specific rules of the drawings and amounts of winnings.
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Every ticket a prize! No blank tickets! ... : lottery for the benefit of the state of Delaware, class 252 for 1861
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Image of a broadside listing information about lottery prizes for a drawing taking place on Saturday, April 27th, 1861 in Wilmington, Delaware. The scheme on the print lists totals of "76,076 prizes, amounting to $578,557," and the print advertises tickets selling for $10. The venders of the lottery drawing are Bowers Wilkins & Co., and Wood, Eddy & Co. are the managers. The broadside is surrounded by a decorative border with intricate scrollwork.
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Official drawing of the Louisiana Lottery Co. of Kansas City, Kansas... Tuesday, July 11, 1893
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Image of a leaflet, originally folded, advertising tickets for sale by E. Fox & Co. for the Louisiana State Lottery drawn on July 11th, 1893 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Recto includes a chart listing the number of gifts and amount of money awarded in the drawing. Verso is two folded pages, printed in blue, the left page includes prize and date information for the Louisiana and Mexican Lotteries, and the right page includes information about drawings held January through June. Image on the left page includes a decorative title reading, “Nearly a million dollars distributed by us last year; this year we will distribute more than a million dollars in prizes.” Below the title is an image of a woman shown holding up a coin while surrounded by piles of coins and bundles of cash. The right page of the leaflet shows images of seven scrolls of paper with text about the drawings and months overlayed on the scrolls. The scrolls are all tied to one another with a string that is tied with two tassels. Decorative scrollwork is shown vertically across the scrolls of paper.
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