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[Advertisement for Prof. D.J. Babbitt, optician].
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Babbitt, Darwin J., 1839-1927.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Opticians--United States--19th century.
- Opticians.
- Eyeglasses.
- Advertising--Optical trade.
- Advertising.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Advertisements -- United States -- 19th century.
- Broadsides -- United States -- 19th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Albert, Daniel M. (donor) (Albert Collection copy)
- Albert, Eleanor (donor) (Albert Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (2 unnumbered pages) : portrait ; 40 x 28 cm
- Other Title:
- Text begins: To all whose vision is defective! Improve your sight and preserve your eyes. Prof. D.J. Babbitt would respectfully announce to the citizens of this place and vicinity, that he is now in town with a large stock of his perfected spectacles and eye glasses ...
- Place of Publication:
- Lebanon [N.H.] : Free Press Job Print, [not before 1875]
- Notes:
- Advertisement for Prof. D.J. Babbitt, a New Hampshire optician active in New England from the late 1860s through the 1920s.
- Title devised by cataloger from content.
- Copyright statement at foot of p. [1]. Testimonials on p. [1] dated 1868-1875.
- At head of sheet: This circular will be called for.
- Local Notes:
- Albert Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Dr. Daniel and Eleanor Albert.
- Albert Collection copy: small portion of head margin torn off with damage to first line of text mended with a blank leaf on which the missing text has been supplied in ms.
- OCLC:
- 892781703
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