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Author: Walker, Henry Cragin. Illustrator: MacBrayne, Frances. Published by: Bruce Humphries, Inc. Product advertised: None specifically. General notes: Appears to be a generic handout from an unnamed bank encouraging children to be thrifty and persistent.

Author: Belding Bros. and Co. Illustrator: Chicago Engraving Company. Published by: Belding Bros. and Co., Chicago, Ill. Product advertised: Belding Brothers silk and hosiery. General notes: Advertising booklet for children, with drawings on each page designed for copying.

Author: None identified. Illustrator: Berube, Phil. Published by: National Association of Manufacturers, New York. Product advertised: American manufacturing and machinery. General notes: Comic pages explaining American industrial and manufacturing growth, and promises of capitalism.

Author: None identified. Illustrator: None identified. Published by: C.I. Hood and Co., Lowell, Mass.. Product advertised: Hood's Sarsaparilla. General notes: Alphabet poem about ailing white beauty Alice who was cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla. Contains racist caricatures of Black people.

Author: None identified. Illustrator: None identified. Published by: Hershey Chocolate Corporation. Product advertised: Hershey chocolate and Hershey Chocolate Corporation's legacy. General notes: Illustrated short volume about the discovery and uses of the cacao bean, and manufacturing of chocolate. Includes chapter on Milton Hershey's investment and development of Hershey, Penn., and the modern amenities it offers.

Author: Lally, A.V.. Illustrator: Ogden, H.A.. Published by: Chase & Sanborn. Product advertised: Seal Brand Coffee and Fine Teas. General notes: Illustrated history of Plymouth colony, including the first Thanksgiving "attended by Massaoit and ninety of his braves", with advertisement for Chase & Sanford at the back.

Author: Jones, Acetylene. Illustrator: None identified. Published by: Union Carbide Sales Company. Product advertised: Acetylene generators and lights. General notes: Short history of light, from sunlight to development of artificial lights, ending with "new Acetylene" lighting for homes.

Author: None identified. Illustrator: None identified. Published by: Feister Press, Philadelphia, Pa. Product advertised: Warner's Safe Cure products. General notes: A book of short stories promoting the use of Warner's Safe Cure, including testimonial stories of how Warner's can cure and/or prevent various diseases. A photo portrait of a woman on the cover and also on the verso, the rear cover shows several young girls; the inside verso shows the container and box of Warner's Safe Cure.

Author: Nirvassed, J. Illustrator: None identified. Published by: L. Reynaud. Product advertised: Blanco laundry soap. General notes: Sheet music with racist caricature of conductor. Music is a tango for piano. Cover indicates that the composer won a competition in Buenos Aires.

Author: General Baking Company. Illustrator: None identified. Published by: General Baking Company. Product advertised: Bond Bread and other Bond Bakers products. General notes: Printed ephemera tie-in for Terry and Ted's radio adventures and the General Baking Company, makers of Bond Bread. Terry, Ted, and Major Campbell follow a treasure map of ingredients around the country, travelling in a sort-of Dymaxion car.