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Verso: Admission ticket hand-written in pencil.
Admission Ticket on a Business Card
Verso: Admission ticket hand-written in pencil.

Admission Ticket on a Business Card

Original Owner (American, 1836 - 1902)
Date1858
MediumPaper, with printer's ink and pencil
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 2 x 3 3/16in. (5.1 x 8.1cm)
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionWhite paper card, printed as a business card on one side, and hand-written in pencil as an admission ticket on the other. The admission ticket side has a squiggled pencil border. In the middle, the ticket reads, "Albert Walker/ Magician/ and/ Ventriloquist/ admit one". The business card side is printed in black printer's ink. It reads, "DEMING 7 GUNDLACH,/ SUCCESSORS TO W. PITKIN,/ DEALERS IN/ Watches, Jewelry, Silver Ware, &c.,/ No. 20 State Street,/ HARTFORD, CONN./ H.A. DEMING. L. GUNDLACH./ [decorative squiggled line]/ N.B.-Watches of all kinds repaired in the best manner/ and warranted to run well."
Object number2007.4.1.89
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