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The Great Suspension Bridge between New York and Brooklyn, New York Elevated Rail Road etc.

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  • MEDIUM: Color lithograph,

    DATE: c. 1885.

  • EDITION SIZE: Card size 4 1/8 x 6 7/16" (10.4 x 16.3 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Printed by Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, NY. A trade card for the Royal Baking Powder Company, whose logo and factory can be seen to the left of the Brooklyn Bridge. On the back is a paragraph about the bridge. The rest of the text is about the results of a "analytical chemist for the government" who tested various baking powders sold in the U.S. in 1880. Royal's own claims top place leavening per ounce.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition, small tear on the right. Some handling marks.

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