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Own a Potato Chip Factory, Long Eakins Company, Popular Mechanics, June 1935, page 151A.
Own a Potato Chip Factory, Long-Eakins Company, Popular Mechanics, June 1935, page 151A.
Beeman's Pepsin Chewing Gum Ad, Cosmopolitan, August 1936, page 117.
Beeman's Pepsin Chewing Gum Ad, Cosmopolitan, August 1936, page 117.
Curtiss Baby Ruth Root Beer Candy Ad, Film Fun, December 1933, page 5.
Curtiss Baby Ruth Root Beer Candy Ad, Film Fun, December 1933, page 5.
Romance Flour, Wausau Daily Herald, March 5, 1926, page 9.
Romance Flour, Wausau Daily Herald, March 5, 1926, page 9.
Korn-Kinks Malted Corn Flakes, Harrisburg Telegraph, March 7, 1907, page 5.
Korn-Kinks Malted Corn Flakes, Harrisburg Telegraph, March 7, 1907, page 5.
Egg-O-See Cereal Ad, Saturday Evening Post, June 2, 1906, page 32.
Egg-O-See Cereal Ad, Saturday Evening Post, June 2, 1906, page 32.
Protecto Rubber Sanitary Bloomers Ad, Dry Goods Economist, February 21, 1920, page 276.
Protecto Rubber Sanitary Bloomers Ad, Dry Goods Economist, February 21, 1920, page 276.
Paris Sock Garters by A. Stein Ad, Cosmopolitan, October 1908, page 201.
Paris Sock Garters by A. Stein Ad, Cosmopolitan, October 1908, page 201.
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Man-Tailored Walking Skirt Ad by Kalamazoo Suit, Cosmopolitan, October 1908, page 168.
Mermaid Bathing Bust and Abdominal Supporters, Evening World, May 26, 1908, page 9.
Mermaid Bathing Bust and Abdominal Supporters, Evening World, May 26, 1908, page 9.
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BVD Underwear Ad, Saturday Evening Post, June 2, 1906, page 19.
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Vibra-Bra by American Image Ad, Mademoiselle, June 1972, page 177.
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Thoresen's Jail-Jamas Ad, Esquire, May 1953, page 141.
Potato Sack Dress Ad, American Legion Magazine, December 1958, page 52.
Potato Sack Dress Ad, American Legion Magazine, December 1958, page 52.
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Saturday Evening Post Ad, Boston Sunday Post Sunday Magazine, August 20, 1905, page 17.

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