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The collection has a copy of this English handkerchief printed in deep rose ink. The boys in the illustrations are doing everything except their homework. Cotsen 21350.
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A different exercise in counting inspired this handkerchief. Will the upcoming census in the US inspire similar merchandise? Cotsen 23602.
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It would be unthinkable to produce this scene from the famous puppet play of Mr. Punch abusing his wife in any children’s merchandise today. Cotsen 6425.
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Marine biology with a touch of slapstick humor, possibly from the last decade of the nineteenth century. Cotsen 52858.