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Sheridan's Powder Advertising Card
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Advertising card with the heading: "To make hens lay, use Sheridan's condition powder." Features a color illustration of a man in a hen house on the left holding an empty basket and scratching his head, with the caption: "No eggs? Confound the hens!" The man on the right has a full basket of eggs, with the caption: "Ah? The Sheridan's Powder did it!"
1881
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W014992
WHi 109204
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