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Acme Anvils, 1912 Sears, Roebuck and Company Catalog, No. 124, page 1073
A real advertisement for Acme Anvils, 1912 Sears, Roebuck and Company Catalog, No. 124, page 1073
Portable Garage Ad, Cosmopolitan, March 1952, page 112.
Portable Garage Ad, Cosmopolitan, March 1952, page 112.
REO Speedwagon Convertible Ad, Harrisburg Telegraph, March 25, 1919, page 12.
REO Speedwagon Convertible Ad, Harrisburg Telegraph, March 25, 1919, page 12.
Oldsmobile Hydra-Matic Drive Ad, Life, October 15, 1945, page 5.
Oldsmobile Hydra-Matic Drive Ad, Life, October 15, 1945, page 5.
Wolf's Head Motor Oil, Field and Stream Magazine, August 1968, page 113.
Wolf's Head Motor Oil, Field and Stream Magazine, August 1968, page 113.
Cushman Scooters Ad, Saturday Evening Post, February 7, 1959, page 6.
Cushman Scooters Ad, Saturday Evening Post, February 7, 1959, page 6.
Miller Dynamo Headlamp and Horn Set, Boy's Own Paper, September 1959, page 68.
Miller Dynamo Headlamp and Horn Set, Boy's Own Paper, September 1959, page 68.
Oldsmobile Ad, Saturday Evening Post, August 5, 1939 08, page 27.
Oldsmobile Ad, Saturday Evening Post, August 5, 1939, page 27.
Essolene Gasoline Ad, The Crisis, August 1936 08, page 253.
Essolene Gasoline Ad, The Crisis, August 1936, page 253.
Rambler Automobile, Omaha Daily Bee, August 2, 1908, page 3.
Rambler Automobile, Omaha Daily Bee, August 2, 1908, page 3.
Winton Peerless Franklin Automobiles, Omaha Daily Bee, April 3, 1904, page 13.
Winton Peerless Franklin Automobiles, Omaha Daily Bee, April 3, 1904, page 13.
Crescent Motor Cycles, Omaha Daily Bee, April 3, 1904, page 13.
Crescent Motor Cycles, Omaha Daily Bee, April 3, 1904, page 13.
Columbia Bicycles by Pope Manufacturing, October 14, 1896, page 10.
Columbia Bicycles by Pope Manufacturing, October 14, 1896, page 10.
Phil Klipple's Carriage Shops, Salt Lake Herald, February 20, 1891, page 6.
Phil Klipple's Carriage Shops, Salt Lake Herald, February 20, 1891, page 6.
A Nazi Shall Die!, Air Adventures, Popular Aviation, December 1939, page 84.
A Nazi Shall Die! - Air Adventures Ad, Popular Aviation, December 1939, page 84.

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