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Illustration of a woman's profile, she is wearing a yellow head covering and a hat, and gold hoop earrings. She appears to be dressed in Romani style clothing.

Ask for Dunbar's prize linen threads : see Exhibition main building, Toronto

Date1891
Names
(subject)
FormatEphemera
Notes
This advertisement appeared in the 1891 Canadian National Exhibition programme.  
Subject
    GeographyBuilding Monument ParkCanadian National Exhibition (CNE)
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodFinancial District
    Exhibition
    GeographyEast-west streetColborne Street
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Trade cards
    Dimensions14 cm x 9.7 cm (5 1/2 in. x 3 13/16 in.)
    Language
      CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object Number1891-DUNBAR-VS
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      Tools to finish the job. This young lady performs the delicate task o fmeasuring the pitch of screw threads in the gauge-testing laboratories
      National Research Council
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      Threads of knowledge : drawn from a cambric handkerchief, a Brussels carpet; a print dress; a kid glove; a sheet of paper
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      Calleja, Frank
      6/18/1975
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      Curious thoughts on the history of man : chiefly abridged or selected from the celebrated works of Lord Kaimes, Lord Monboddo, Dr. Dunbar, and the immortal Montesquieu : replete with useful and entertaining instruction on a variety of important and popular subjects : viz. Population, Language, Manners, Property, Love, Matrimony, Polygamy, Marriage-ceremonies, Commerce, Government, Patriotism, Agriculture, Peace and war, Taxes, Music, Gaming, Luxury, &c. : designed to promote a spirit of enquiry in the British youth of both sexes: and to make the philosophy, as well as history of the human species, familiar to ordinary capacities
      Adams, John, 1750?-1814
      1789
      Artist combs out his work. Artist David Kaye combs Linen 1977, one of hangings in his exhibition of weaving that is being shown at the Glendon College(...)
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      Colorized photograph of a a crowd of people walking into a large building of Italianate design.
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      National Research Council
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