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Illustrations
PROFESSOR THOMAS PREPARING A BLUE BLAZER
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PRESIDENT GRANT PLAYING CROQUET AT LONG BRANCH,
N. J., IN 1870. THE PRESIDENT IS SAID TO HAVE
BEEN SO IMPRESSED BY HIS FIRST BLUE BLAZER
THAT HE GAVE PROFESSOR THOMAS A CIGAR
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INDIGNANT YOUNG LADY REFUSING TO TAKE A DRINK.
THIS OCCURRED IN 1868
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A STREET SCENE IN NEW YORK IN 1870 MASHERS
CASTING THEIR SPELLS
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SCENE AT THE SARATOGA RACES IN 1870
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CHARLEY SANDER, OF THE TALL TOWER, AND HIS
FAMOUS MUSTACHE
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CHARLEY McCARTY, PRINCIPAL BARTENDER AT THE
ST. JAMES' HOTEL
THE LOBBY OF TONY PASTOR'S VARIETY THEATER
IN 1878
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TOMMY LYNCH AND HIS ASSISTANTS, MIKE AND MIKE 13
THE KIRALFY TRIO IN THEIR SENSATIONAL DANCE
A STAGE TRIUMPH OF THE LATE SIXTIES
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