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Woman's Home Journal: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine; October 1908

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: The Cushman Company: 1908

Seller ID: 1747693

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Good

Lightly toned, minor tears to fore edge. 1908 Large Softcover. An early women’s magazine. Filled with contemporary articles and advertisements.
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Image for The New and Complete American Encyclopaedia: or, Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, in Seven Volumes; on an Improved Plan: in which the Respective Sciences Are Arranged into Complete Systems, and the Arts Digested into Distinct Treatises; Also the Detached Parts of Knowledge Alphabetically Arranged and Copiously Explained, According to the Best Authorities; Containing a Digest and Display of the Whole Theory and Practice of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts, Comprising a General Repository of Ancient and Modern Literature, from the Earliest Ages Down to the Present Time: Including All the New Improvements and Latest Discoveries Made in the Arts and Sciences. The Superfluities which Abound in Other Dictionaries Are Expunged from This for the Purpose of Incorporating Complete Systems and Distinct Treatises the Whole Forming a General Circle of Science and Comprehensive Library of Universal Knowledge (From the Encyclopaedia Perthensis, with Improvements)

The New and Complete American Encyclopaedia: or, Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, in Seven Volumes; on an Improved Plan: in which the Respective Sciences Are Arranged into Complete Systems, and the Arts Digested into Distinct Treatises; Also the Detached Parts of Knowledge Alphabetically Arranged and Copiously Explained, According to the Best Authorities; Containing a Digest and Display of the Whole Theory and Practice of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts, Comprising a General Repository of Ancient and Modern Literature, from the Earliest Ages Down to the Present Time: Including All the New Improvements and Latest Discoveries Made in the Arts and Sciences. The Superfluities which Abound in Other Dictionaries Are Expunged from This for the Purpose of Incorporating Complete Systems and Distinct Treatises the Whole Forming a General Circle of Science and Comprehensive Library of Universal Knowledge (From the Encyclopaedia Perthensis, with Improvements)

By: N/A

Price: $675.00

Publisher: John Low / E. Low: 1805

Seller ID: 1762981

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Good

First American edition. Engraved frontispiece in vol. 1, other engravings and maps appear to have been removed. Bindings in need of repair, a few spine labels missing, boards rubbed, foxed throughout. 1805 Full-Leather. Complete in seven volumes. 4to. Original full calf. Two column format. The first American edition of the Encyclopedia Perthensis, originally published in Scotland from the mid-1790s to 1805. Combines dictionary-style entries for single words (e.g. 'revolution) and encyclopedic entries for subjects (e.g. 'revolution of France'). Among the first encyclopedias to be printed in the...
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The New York Tribune. A Sketch of its History. Illustrated.

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: S.N.: 1883

Seller ID: 2006584

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Good

Wrappers toned, top edge slightly gnawed affecting margin only. 1883 Stapled Binding. 26 pp. Printed wrappers, stapled binding. An account of the foundation and development of Horace Greeley's newspaper, The New York Tribune. The paper was founded in 1841, and existed through several name changes and mergers until 1966. During the 1850s it was among the most widely circulated newspapers in the United States. Includes engravings of Tribune counting room, Mr. Reid's study, and circulation map.
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Views of the New York World's Fair [NY Worlds Fair in Pictures]

By: N/A

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Quality Art Novelty Company, Inc.: 1939

Seller ID: 2043548

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Good

Wrappers loose but included, wrappers rubbed. 1939 Stapled Binding. 48 pp. A collection of black & white photographs depicting the famous 1939 World's Fair held in New York City.
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Image for Laws of the State of Delaware, from the Second Day of January, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Eight, to the Twenty-Fifth Day of January, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Five. Volume III.

Laws of the State of Delaware, from the Second Day of January, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Eight, to the Twenty-Fifth Day of January, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Five. Volume III.

By: N/A

Price: $250.00

Publisher: M. Bradford and R. Porter: 1816

Seller ID: 2095800

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Good

Boards rubbed & soiled with minor loss, endpaper edges lightly stained. 1816 Full-Leather. 113, [1] , 119-146, 151-399, [1], 5, [1] 30 pp. 8vo. Full calf with leather spine label, gilt titles & rules. A record of Delaware law detailing legislation in place relating to various topics, including: elections, slaves, commerce, property, medicine and infectious diseases, militia, etc. Table of Private Acts follows text.
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1860 Colton's Map: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, & Delaware. / Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, & Connecticut.

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York: J.H. Colton and Company: 1860

Seller ID: 2172992

Binding: Single Sheet

Condition: Very Good

Unfolded. Minimal loss from bottom margin, a few faint spots. 1860 Single Sheet. Two maps on opposite sides of a single sheet. 10 3/8 x 12 5/8. The Colton family was very successful in the business of map publishing, beginning with J.H. Colton and continuing with his sons George W. and Charles B. Colton.
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Image for [Ordinances, City of Portland, 1855] The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Portland, Together with the Acts of the Legislature Relating to the City, Collated and Revised by a Joint Committee of the City Council

[Ordinances, City of Portland, 1855] The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Portland, Together with the Acts of the Legislature Relating to the City, Collated and Revised by a Joint Committee of the City Council

By: N/A

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Portland, [Maine], Benjamin D. Peck: 1856

Seller ID: 2203738

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Edges rubbed. 1856 Hard Cover. vx, 384 pp. CONTENTS: List of Ordinances in this volume; List of Statutes cited; City Charter and Amendments; Agents; Alien Passengers; Amusements; Auctioneers; Billiard Rooms; Boats and Lighters; Boundary Lines; Bowling Alleys; Bridges; Buildings; Carriages; Cemeteries; City Clerk; City Constable and Messenger; City Engineer; City Hall; Clerk of the Common Council; Constables; Courts; Cows; Criers; Dogs; Drains and Sewers; Elections; Finance; Fire; Gunpowder; Harbor; Hawkers and Pedlers; Hay; Health; House of Correction; House of Reformation; Intelligence office...
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Tales of the Great Lakes: Stories from Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Castle Books: 1986

Seller ID: 2207850

ISBN: 1555211208

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

A fine copy. Near Fine. 1986 Hard Cover. 474 pp. They can be as still as a millpond, as angry as any storm swept ocean. The Great Lakes and the major states bordering them—Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota—are the heartland of America. The land supplies the goods: grain, meat, timber, and steel. The Lakes provide passage for those goods around the world. The two—land and water—are inseparable, their destiny interlocked. Tales of the Great Lakes encompasses the stories of the men who built the Midwest—the giants of industry, builders of cities, intrepid seafarers, writers who ...
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Image for Work and Win: An Interesting Weekly for Young America -- Fred Fearnot In New Orleans or, Up Against the Mafia by Hal Standish (New York, February 13, 1903, No. 219)

Work and Win: An Interesting Weekly for Young America -- Fred Fearnot In New Orleans or, Up Against the Mafia by Hal Standish (New York, February 13, 1903, No. 219)

By: N/A

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Frank Tousey: 1903

Seller ID: 2208479

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Fair

Front and rear wrappers loose from binding but included, three-inch tear to rear wrapper, edges heavily rubbed. 1903 Stapled Binding. 28 pp. The story of Fred Fearnot In New Orleans or, Up Against the Mafia by Hal Standish. KEYWORDS: MAGAZINES PERIODICALS EPHEMERA WORK WIN AMERICANA AMERICAN HISTORY
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Views of Los Angeles and Vicinity

By: N/A

Price: $100.00

Publisher: H.M. Mosher: 1904

Seller ID: 2208481

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Wrappers lightly creased, faint stain to bottom edge of pages, ink note on front flyleaf, a few captions in pencil. 1904 Soft Cover. Unpaginated. Black-and-white photographs of various places in and around Los Angeles, California.
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New City on the Merrimack: Prints of Lawrence, 1845-1876

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Merrimack Valley Textile Museum: 1974

Seller ID: 2259829

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

Spine faintly toned. 1974 Stapled Binding. Unpaginated. Prints and drawings which illustrate the growth and development of Lawrence from grassy river banks in Methuen and Andover into a separate entity, an urban community of 35,000 people by 18176. There are several hundred items in the collection of the Merrimack Valley Textile Museum, illustrating with precision and detail the building and maintenance of the dam, canals, mills, and housing for the city.
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Some Early Massachusetts Broadsides (A Massachusetts Historical Society Picture Book)

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Massachusetts Historical Society: 1964

Seller ID: 2265075

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

Pencil doodle on front wrapper. 1964 Stapled Binding. 29 pp. A collection of reproduced broadsides from early Massachusetts.
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Floods and High Water, 1936: Pennsylvania's Greatest Flood Disaster in Pictures

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: The Telegraph Press: 1936

Seller ID: 2265079

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Front wrapper creased, edges lightly rubbed. 1936 Soft Cover. Unpaginated. A collection of black-and-white photographs of the Pittsburgh flood of 1936. On March 17 and 18, 1936, the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania witnessed the worst flood in its history when flood levels peaked at 46 feet (14 m). This flood became known as The Great St. Patrick’s Day flood, and also affected other areas of the Mid-Atlantic on both sides of the Eastern Continental Divide.
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Image for The Four Kings of Canada. Being a Succinct Account of the Four Indian Princes lately arriv'd from North America. with a particular Description of their Country, their strange and remarkable Religion, Feasts, Marriages, Burials, Remedies from their Sick, Customs, Manners, Constitution, Habits, Sports, War, Peace, Policy, Hunting, Fishing, Utensils belonging to the Savages, with several other Extraordinary Things worthy Observation, as to the natural or curious Productions, Beauty, or Fertility, of that Part of the World.

The Four Kings of Canada. Being a Succinct Account of the Four Indian Princes lately arriv'd from North America. with a particular Description of their Country, their strange and remarkable Religion, Feasts, Marriages, Burials, Remedies from their Sick, Customs, Manners, Constitution, Habits, Sports, War, Peace, Policy, Hunting, Fishing, Utensils belonging to the Savages, with several other Extraordinary Things worthy Observation, as to the natural or curious Productions, Beauty, or Fertility, of that Part of the World.

By: N/A

Price: $350.00

Publisher: J.E. Garratt & Co: 1891

Seller ID: 2265379

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Wrappers lightly toned, 1/2 inch tear to spine head. 1891 Soft Cover. 47, [1] pp. Printed wrappers, sewn binding. 1891 reissue of 1710 original (Sabin 25282, Howes C106: These were Iroquois chiefs taken to London by Col. Schuyler of Albany.). An account of colonial Canada published for the British book trade, providing a great deal of contemporary detail about Native American culture, specifically within the Iroquois tribe.
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Campbell-Whittlesey House (Rochester, New York)

By: N/A

Price: $8.00

Publisher: The Campbell-Whittlesey House:

Seller ID: 2266370

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

No publisher date (circa mid-late 1900's). A very nice copy. Unpaginated. The Campbell–Whittlesey House, also known as the Benjamin Campbell House, in Rochester, New York is an historic Greek Revival home, designed by architect Minard Lafever. It was built in 1836, and added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 18, 1971. Campbell was a flour miller,[2] as were many of Rochester's first residents. The home featured parlors painted in a dozen different colors and furniture stenciled with gold.[2] From 1939[2] until July 2010, the house served as a museum operated by the Land...
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Chicago Album [Photographic Viewbook]

By: N/A

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Leighton & Frey Souvenir View Co.: 1896

Seller ID: 2266644

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair

Pages loose from binding, one page loose from remainder of photos, chip from top corner of one page with minimal loss from one image, a few smudges on front board. 1896 Hard Cover. An accordion style viewbook of late 19th century Chicago, including a two-panel panorama and World's Fair views.
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See Shepherd's Town, Volume III

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: The Historic Shepherdstown Commission: 1997

Seller ID: 2266776

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

pencil markings on rear wrapper. 1997 Large Softcover. xiv, 145 pp. CONTENTS: River--Canal--Railroads; Churches; Schools; Cemeteries; Monuments
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Old Bethpage Village Restoration: A Rural Heritage for Today (Nassau County Historical Museum)

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Friends of the Nassau County Historical Museum: 1970

Seller ID: 2266827

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

A very nice copy. 1970 Stapled Binding. 36 pp. A brief history of the architecture of Bethpage.
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Cheers: February, 1943, Number 2

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Comic Corporation of America: 1943

Seller ID: 2267151

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Fair

Wrappers loose from binding but included, pages lightly toned. 1943 Stapled Binding. 130 pp. Illustrated with cartoons, some of which include red printed spot color overlay. A World War II era booklet, featuring short stories, poems, cartoons, and more.
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Picture Guide to Historic Plymouth

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Pilgrim Society: 1963

Seller ID: 2267173

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Wrappers very faintly toned, faint crease along length of pamphlet near spine edge. 1963 Stapled Binding. 40 pp. A guide to colonial Plymouth, Massachusetts. Topics include a list of the Mayflower passengers; Plymouth Rock; Mayflower II; streets, churches, houses, burial hill; and more. Includes black-and-white illustrations.
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A Guide at a Glance of Historic Boston

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Rawding Distributing Co.: 1964

Seller ID: 2267176

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Spine lightly toned. 1964 Stapled Binding. 48 pp. Includes black-and-white illustrations. Topics include: The State House and Historic Boston Common; Park Street Church; Old Granary Burial Ground; King's Chapel and Burial Ground; The Old South Meeting House; The Old State House; Faneuil Hall; Paul Revere House; Christ Church; Copp's Hill Burial Ground; U.S. Frigate Constitution; Bunker Hill Monument; and more.
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The Cobblestone Church at Childs, New York: A History

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: The Cobblestone Society: 1968

Seller ID: 2267178

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

No publisher date. 1968 Stapled Binding. 12 pp. This booklet contains two addresses delivered within this Church at significant moments in its history. The first address was given in 1884 by the Rev. T. Borden on the Church's fiftieth anniversary. The second address, by Reverend Ellsworth C. Reamon, was presented August 18, 1968 at the rededication of the church as a cobblestone landmark and museum.
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Guide Book to Fort Ticonderoga: Held In Turn by France, Great Britain and the United States

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: The Stinehour Press:

Seller ID: 2267200

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

No publisher date. Unpaginated. Topics include the fort at Ticonderoga, the stone fortress, the south wall, the French village, the interior of the fort, the west barracks, the bastions, the view from the ramparts, the canon, the museum collection, the restoration of the fort. Includes black-and-white illustrations.
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The Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park New York

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Seller ID: 2267216

Binding: Unbound

Condition: Near Fine

No publisher date. Unpaginated. Fold-out. The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum holds the records of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States (1933–1945). Located on the grounds of Springwood, the Roosevelt family estate in Hyde Park, New York, the library was built under the President's personal direction in 1939-1940, and dedicated on June 30, 1941. It is the first presidential library in the United States and one of the thirteen presidential libraries under the auspices of the National Archives and Records Administration.
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Marking the Historic Sites of Early Pennsylvania

By: N/A

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical Commission: 1926

Seller ID: 2267972

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Spine lightly bumped, front wrapper lightly creased. 1926 Soft Cover. 88 pp. Fourth Report of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission. A record of the 27 metal marker signs placed at historic spots in Pennsylvania in 1924-25-26, with photos, dates of unveiling ceremonies, particulars as to deeds of gift for the sites, materials constructed of and location. Most markers designed by Philadelphia architect Paul P. Cret; bronze tablets made by Bureau Brothers of Philadelphia. Includes fold-out map.
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Wheatland

By: N/A

Price: $7.00

Publisher: American Association for State and Local History:

Seller ID: 2267978

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

No publisher date, half-inch tear along top edge of front wrapper near spine. Unpaginated. Reprinted from American Heritage, Volume 5, Number 3. Wheatland, or the James Buchanan House, is a brick, Federal style house outside of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster Township, Lancaster County. It was formerly owned by the 15th President of the United States, James Buchanan. The house was constructed in 1828 by William Jenkins, a local lawyer. It was sold to William M. Meredith in 1841. Wheatland changed hands again in 1848, when it was purchased by Buchanan. Buchanan occupied the house for the ...
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Hopalong Cassidy Lends a Helping Hand (A Bonnie Book)

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: John Martin's House: 1950

Seller ID: 2268319

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Most of the Hop-Ups on the endpapers missing (appear to have been cut out), minor loss to spine head and spine base. 1950 Hard Cover. Unpaginated. Illustrated by Jack Crowe. The story of a boy, set in the Old West.
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Early Arts in the Genesee Valley: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Genesee Valley Council on the Arts: 1974

Seller ID: 2275130

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

A few very minor spots on spine. 1974 Soft Cover. 158 pp. Number three in a series published by the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts. CONTENTS: Acknowledgements; Biographies of contributors; Preface; A cornucopia of Genesee Valley history in art; Portraiture in the Genesee Valley; Landscape in the Genesee Valley; Still-Life & scenes from history, fantasy, and daily life; Animal painting in the Genesee Valley; Fabrics & stitches in the valley; Furniture in the Genesee Valley; The other decorative arts; Other exhibition items; Bibliography.
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Image for The Cambridge of 1776: Wherein is [Set] Forth an Account of the Town, and of the Events it Witnessed: With Which Is Incorporated the Diary of Dorothy Dudley, Now First Published; Together with an Historicall Sketch; Severall Appropriate Poems; Numerous Anecdotes, Patriotick, Weighty, Indifferent, and Diverting; Many References to the Renowned University; and Descriptions of the People of the Olden Time. All of Which is Adapted to the Furtherance of Good Manners, Virtue, Piety, Intelligence, Love of Country, and Admiration of Cambridge.

The Cambridge of 1776: Wherein is [Set] Forth an Account of the Town, and of the Events it Witnessed: With Which Is Incorporated the Diary of Dorothy Dudley, Now First Published; Together with an Historicall Sketch; Severall Appropriate Poems; Numerous Anecdotes, Patriotick, Weighty, Indifferent, and Diverting; Many References to the Renowned University; and Descriptions of the People of the Olden Time. All of Which is Adapted to the Furtherance of Good Manners, Virtue, Piety, Intelligence, Love of Country, and Admiration of Cambridge.

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Ladies Centennial Committee: 1876

Seller ID: 2276027

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Light stain along bottom page edges, minor loss to spine head, pencil name and address on second blank. 1876 Hard Cover. v, 123 pp. CONTENTS: Sonnet--Dorothy Dudley, by William D. Howells; Sketch of the History of Cambridge from Its Settlement in 1631 to 1776, by David Greene Haskins, Jr.; The Influence of Cambridge in the Formation of the Nation, by Andrew P. Peabody; Extracts from the Diary of Dorothy Dudley, from April 18th, 1775, to July 19th, 1776; The Guests at Head-Quarters, by H.E. Scudder; The Batchelder House, and its Owners, by Mrs. Isabella James; English Letter Desc...
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The 1965 Princeton Ice Carnival, Baker Memorial Rink, March 12 and 13

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Princeton Skating Club, Inc.: 1965

Seller ID: 2277957

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Good

A few faint spots on front wrapper, faint stain to top and bottom edge. 1965 Stapled Binding. Unpaginated. The 1965 Princeton Ice Carnival, Baker Memorial Rink, March 12 and 13. Includes the production, the program, cast of characters, local ads, and names and black-and-white photographs of the skaters.
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