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Circa: 1885 Condition: Used Publisher: Zeeno Mfg. Co. This set of two Victorian trade cards are in the form of paper dolls.  
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| They advertise 'Our Little Girl Chewing Gum', and were made by the Zeno Mfg. Co. of Chicago, Ill. Each doll is 5 3/8'' tall and comes with an additional dress. Girl on the left holds a baby chick in her hands and has a giant bow in back. Girl on the right holds two apples behind her back. They come with two two-sided dresses, one yellow and one pink holding a cat. On the back of each dress is printed ''We Come with Our Little Girl Chewing Gum''. The dolls are printed on both sides; they do not stand alone. Condition: 1st girl - has a slight crease on her head and at her knees (neither a full crease), an ink stain on the bottom of the card, a small amount of loss to one shoe in front & a tiny bit to her hair on back and to the grass in back, loss to the collar of the 2nd dress in back & to the edge of the dress in front, also some staining front & back; 2nd girl - has an ink stain on the bottom of the card, loss to the image back between her shoes and on her right shoe, a very short tear on the edge near her left leg, and some edge loss to the 2nd dress along with stains on the dress front & back. Circa 1885. |
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