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Renaissance Faire

Date: 1909
Description: A group of people dressed up in medieval-style clothing.
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Circus Clown Sitting on Donkey

Date: 1909
Description: A circus clown sits astride a donkey outside a tent.
Postcard

Tall-Tale Postcard: Santa on a Bi-Plane

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of Santa Claus and his reindeer riding on the top wing of a bi-plane. More sacks of toys and wrapped gifts are on the lower wing. Buildings an...
Postcard

Miss Tootsie Kiyi (Costumed Dog in Chair)

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of small dog dressed in a dress, with a hand fan, and an umbrella or parasol, sitting in a rocking chair. The photograph is captioned...
Postcard

Christmas Greetings

Date: 1909
Description: Holiday postcard of Santa Claus with a walking stick, and a little girl. Santa is wearing a long red fur-trimmed coat and a red hat, and is carrying a sack...
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My Dear Little Friend

Date: 1909
Description: Holiday postcard of holly with Santa inside of an oval gold border. He is wearing a red coat, green mittens, a fur hat and has a basket filled with toys on...
Postcard

Merry Christmas

Date: 1909
Description: Holiday postcard with a little girl asleep in bed. Santa Claus is gazing at her with a doll in his left hand. He has a sack of toys on his back and is wear...
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With Best Christmas Wishes

Date: 1909
Description: Holiday postcard with Santa Claus, surrounded by pine boughs and candles, spilling toys and treats out of his sack. He is wearing a brown coat, mittens and...
Postcard

Tommy is Ill

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of the Middleton family dog, Tootsie, dressed as a nurse, attending to Tommy the cat, who rests in a doll cradle. Caption reads: "Tom...
Postcard

Better Call a Doctor

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of the Middleton family dog, Tootsie, dressed as a nurse, attending to Tommy the cat, who rests in a doll cradle. A bottle of "Catnip...
Postcard

Medicine Time

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of the Middleton family dog, Tootsie, dressed as a nurse, attending to Tommy the cat, who rests in a doll cradle. A bottle of "Catnip...
Photograph

Nurse Will Make the Bed

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of the Middleton family dog, in nurse's dress and cap, straightening the bedding on a doll cradle as the cat sits in a chair, bandage...
Photograph

Tommy is Well Again

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of Tommy the cat sitting in a high chair as Tootsie, the dog, stands alongside. Both wear long dresses; the dog also wears a cardigan...
Postcard

Cat in Baby Carriage

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of the Middleton family cat sleeping in a doll carriage under a crocheted baby blanket, wearing a matching bonnet.
Postcard

Able to Sit Up

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of a cat, with head bandaged and foreleg in a sling, sitting in a rocking chair, as Tootsie the dog, dressed as a nurse, is standing...
Print

Mexican Kiss

Date: 1909
Description: Valentine's Day card with a girl and a boy. She is wearing a green dress with a pink and green sash, and a red plaid hat. He is wearing a matador's costume...
Photograph

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Farmer Stevens Doll Exhibit

Date: 1909
Description: Sixteen dolls are posed together, with some seated and some standing. The caption reads: "Dolls owned by Mrs. Breese J. [Mary Elizabeth Farmer] Stevens, 40...

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