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![[Advertisements from "Godey's lady's book and magazine" for bicycles, corsets, cigarettes, elastic stockings, and other products]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTMvMDEvMDEvYWR2ZXJ0aXNlbWVudHMtZnJvbS1nb2RleXMtbGFkeXMtYm9vay1hbmQtbWFnYXppbmUtZm9yLWJpY3ljbGVzLWNvcnNldHMtY2lnYXJldHRlcy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/520/jpg "[Advertisements from \"Godey's lady's book and magazine\" for bicycles, corsets, cigarettes, elastic stockings, and other products]")
![[Saddles, bridles, and other equipment for horseback riding]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTMvc2FkZGxlcy1icmlkbGVzLWFuZC1vdGhlci1lcXVpcG1lbnQtZm9yLWhvcnNlYmFjay1yaWRpbmctMDQwMmI5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/55/webp "[Saddles, bridles, and other equipment for horseback riding]")
![[Woman with bicycle wearing bicycling costume; 2 piece package enclosure for Pope Manufacturing Co., Hartford, Conn., manufacturers of Columbia Bicycles]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTUvMDEvMDEvd29tYW4td2l0aC1iaWN5Y2xlLXdlYXJpbmctYmljeWNsaW5nLWNvc3R1bWUtMi1waWVjZS1wYWNrYWdlLWVuY2xvc3VyZS1mb3ItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Woman with bicycle wearing bicycling costume; 2 piece package enclosure for Pope Manufacturing Co., Hartford, Conn., manufacturers of Columbia Bicycles]")
![[Saddles, saddlebags, bridles, and other equipment for horseback riding]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTcvc2FkZGxlcy1zYWRkbGViYWdzLWJyaWRsZXMtYW5kLW90aGVyLWVxdWlwbWVudC1mb3ItaG9yc2ViYWNrLXJpZGluZy0yNWYzOTYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/55/webp "[Saddles, saddlebags, bridles, and other equipment for horseback riding]")
![[Title page of Le operazioni del compasso geometrico, et militaire; with device showing walking woman with banner "Bondantie"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2MDYvMDEvMDEvdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1vZi1sZS1vcGVyYXppb25pLWRlbC1jb21wYXNzby1nZW9tZXRyaWNvLWV0LW1pbGl0YWlyZS13aXRoLWRldmljZS02NDAuanBn/40/65/webp "[Title page of Le operazioni del compasso geometrico, et militaire; with device showing walking woman with banner \"Bondantie\"]")
![[Three women in tights and feathers]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvdGhyZWUtd29tZW4taW4tdGlnaHRzLWFuZC1mZWF0aGVycy05ODMyMjEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Three women in tights and feathers]")
![Overture "Pinafore" [and other pieces] - American sheet music, 1870-1885](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvb3ZlcnR1cmUtcGluYWZvcmUtYW5kLW90aGVyLXBpZWNlcy0zMS02NDAuanBn/40/65/webp "Overture \"Pinafore\" [and other pieces] - American sheet music, 1870-1885")
