Wise Man vs Foolish Mundell Solar Tip Shoe novelty boot 1885 © Advertising Card

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"The Wise Man" with beautiful healthy family vs. "The Foolish Man" with his sad family and cascade of shoe bills
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Bell, Walt & Co., 41 North 3rd St., Philadelphia, PA
- Authentic Antique shoe -related Victorian Business Advertising Trade Card
"... 1,100 boys in Girard College. /  Medal of First Class Awarded at World's Fair, New Orleans
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The 1884 World's Fair was held in New Orleans, Louisiana. At a time when nearly one-third of all cotton produced in the United States was handled in New Orleans and the city was home to the Cotton Exchange, the idea for the fair was first advanced by the Cotton Planters Association. The name World Cotton Centennial referred to the earliest-surviving record of export of a shipment of cotton from the U.S. to England in 1784. It was also known as the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition.
circa 1800's:  John Mundell Solar Tip Shoes & Boots Philadelphia, P
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