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![The greatest illuminator of the age. Oleine oil ... I. H. Bickford. No. 105 Court Street, Boston. [1859].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjkvdGhlLWdyZWF0ZXN0LWlsbHVtaW5hdG9yLW9mLXRoZS1hZ2Utb2xlaW5lLW9pbC1pLWgtYmlja2ZvcmQtbm8tMTA1LWNvdXJ0LXN0cmVldC03YTk2NmYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/449/jpg "The greatest illuminator of the age. Oleine oil ... I. H. Bickford. No. 105 Court Street, Boston. [1859].")
![[Circular dated Boston, May 9, 1846].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjcvY2lyY3VsYXItZGF0ZWQtYm9zdG9uLW1heS05LTE4NDYtNGVmOGYzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Circular dated Boston, May 9, 1846].")
![Vt. Central railroad line. Excursion routes ... [Boston 1869].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjkvMDEvMDEvdnQtY2VudHJhbC1yYWlscm9hZC1saW5lLWV4Y3Vyc2lvbi1yb3V0ZXMtYm9zdG9uLTE4NjktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/83/webp "Vt. Central railroad line. Excursion routes ... [Boston 1869].")
![Carpet beating machine. Nos. 86 & 88 Utica Street. Boston. TermsL Three cents per running yard ... Irs Bisbee. Boston. Calkins & Goodwin, printers. [1861].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEvY2FycGV0LWJlYXRpbmctbWFjaGluZS1ub3MtODYtYW5kLTg4LXV0aWNhLXN0cmVldC1ib3N0b24tdGVybXNsLXRocmVlLWNlbnRzLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/24/webp "Carpet beating machine. Nos. 86 & 88 Utica Street. Boston. TermsL Three cents per running yard ... Irs Bisbee. Boston. Calkins & Goodwin, printers. [1861].")
![The solar gaz machine. O. P. Drake's latest improvement for lighting with gas. factories, hotels, stores, and dwellings ... Manufactured and sold by O. P. Drake & company 6 & 8 Bedford Street, Boston, Mass. [1866].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDkvdGhlLXNvbGFyLWdhei1tYWNoaW5lLW8tcC1kcmFrZXMtbGF0ZXN0LWltcHJvdmVtZW50LWZvci1saWdodGluZy13aXRoLWdhcy1mYWN0b3JpZXMtZjY2OGY5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/62/webp "The solar gaz machine. O. P. Drake's latest improvement for lighting with gas. factories, hotels, stores, and dwellings ... Manufactured and sold by O. P. Drake & company 6 & 8 Bedford Street, Boston, Mass. [1866].")
![Boyd& Tubb's commercial institute located in a central, spacious and commodious building. 80 Washington Street, Boston. Commercial course ... English course ... Classical course ... Penmanship... [Boston 1861].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEvYm95ZGFuZC10dWJicy1jb21tZXJjaWFsLWluc3RpdHV0ZS1sb2NhdGVkLWluLWEtY2VudHJhbC1zcGFjaW91cy1hbmQtY29tbW9kaW91cy0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/60/webp "Boyd& Tubb's commercial institute located in a central, spacious and commodious building. 80 Washington Street, Boston. Commercial course ... English course ... Classical course ... Penmanship... [Boston 1861].")
![[Circular]. [Burlington, Iowa. 1855].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTEvY2lyY3VsYXItYnVybGluZ3Rvbi1pb3dhLTE4NTUtNGRiMjBmLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Circular]. [Burlington, Iowa. 1855].")
