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Description: C. 1880 trade card promoting Star Cough Drops which are ' Cheap, Pleasant, Effective '. The company was located in Syracuse, New York. The card depicts two sculling racing on a river with a number of well dressed men and women watching the competition.

Description: C. 1910 print depicting Union Chapel and the U.S. Life Saving Service station on Brant Rock in Massachusetts. The U.S. Life Saving Service was responsible for saving the lives of mariners and passengers during ship wrecks. In 1915 the organization was merged with the Revenue Cutter Service to become the United States Coast Guard.

Description: C. 1912 print depicting carriages on the New York City speedway, pedestrians walking along the Harlem River and the High Bridge seen in the background.

Description: C. 1905 print depicting a view from the East River in New York City. The view depicting a sailboat and tug boat in the foreground, in the midground a large number of tugboats are berthed.

Description: C. 1910 print depicting a view of the Financial District in New York City.

Description: C. 1910 print depicting ' 14th Street West from 3rd Ave, New York City '. The view a busy scene with large numbers of pedestrians, horse drawn carriages and a trolley. A wide range of shops and hotels line 14th street.

Description: 1930's ' Made in Soviet Union ' label.

Description: 1930s luggage label from Santa Catalina Island " In All the World, No Trip like This".

Description: 1940s luggage label from ' Illinois, the Land of Lincoln '. The label depicting the log cabin where President Abraham Lincoln grew up.

Description: 1930's print reminds us to ' Remember the Alamo! '.

Description: Vintage luggage label from Grand Canyon National park depicting a panorama of the canyon.

Description: 1940s print from Tucson, Arizona, " The Sunshine State ".

Description: Late 1940s luggage label from Wonderful Wyoming depicting a cowboy on a bucking bronco.

Description: C. 1940 print advertising ' The States ' restaurant located not far from Union Station in Washington D.C. The restaurant opened in the late 1920s and closed in 1950.

Description: 1940's print from New Mexico depicting a cowboy on a bucking bronco.

Description: 1889 print depicting a map of New Mexico as well as two men bear hunting. The print states ' Area 122,580 square miles, population 119,565 '.

Description: C. 1945 luggage label from the Carlsbad Caverns National Park of Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Description: C. 1923 luggage label from the old Franciscan Hotel of Albuquerque, New Mexico which was demolished in the 1970s.

Description: Print promoting a radio exposition held at the Cleveland, Ohio Public Auditorium in September of 1926.

Description: WWII print reminding Canadian citizens to ' Keep your chin up ' during the war against the Axis.

Description: 1930s print " May we suggest today - " depicting a plate of hot buttered waffles and bacon.

Description: Late 1930's print from Arizona depicting a cowboy riding a bucking bronco.

Description: A detail from Raphael's Sistine Madonna painting of 1513 - 1514 depicting two cherubic angels.

Description: 1900 print depicting a racing bicycle.

Description: C. 1880 Maine trade card from Herrick & Avery titled " A Merry Ride " and depicting a sleigh riding party. The company were ' Manufactures and jobbers of all kinds of single & double harnesses and gig saddles, hardware, robes, blankets, whips & c. ' The company was located on Water Street, Darby Block in Augusta, Maine.

Description: C. 1880 trade card from Jas. S. Kirk & Company, soap makers of Chicago, Illinois. The print depicting the ' American Family ' of bald eagles at home. The father whittling a stick with a child riding on his leg, another child seen in a cradle and the mother attending to laundry.

Description: C. 1880 trade card from B. T. Babbitt's ' Best Soap ', a ' Soap for All Nations '. The center of the print depicts the companies sizable soap making facilities in New York City. Along the edges of the print are scenes of people from the four corners of the globe with the Babbitt brand soap.

Description: Early 1960's advertisement for Sabena Airlines depicting a flight attendant holding a child, in the background passengers and crew seen disembarking from a Sabena aircraft.

Description: Early 1930's advertising poster for Sabena Airlines.

Description: WWII print " Remember Pearl Harbor " depicting a B-17 bomber in flight and a ' V ' for Victory.

Description: 1950's advertisement for the old ' Standard Fireworks ' company of England. The print depicting a brother and sister displaying a wide variety of fireworks.

Description: 1930s luggage label from Nippon Hotel on Laguna Street, San Francisco California. This hotel was located in what was known as Japan Town, a thriving business area of Japanese Americans in San Francisco.

Description: 1932 advertisement for a gathering of the United Spanish War Veterans in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during August. These were the men who fought in the Spanish American War in 1898.

Description: C. 1940 American poster proclaiming " One Country, One People, One Flag ". Seen in silhouette is The Concord Minuteman Statue noting our country's roots, in the background Old Glory.

Description: C. 1915 print in support of a American women's right to vote. The print with the statement " In Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Idaho women vote on equal terms with men ". It wasn't until the 19th amendment was passed in 1920 that such rights for women were secured.

Description: 1923 poster advertising a Chemical Industry Exposition held at the Grand Central Palace in New York City.