1923 Print H. A. Meyer Chicago Men Retail Shoe Company - ORIGINAL CP1 YWW1 George Bird Grinnell

George Bird Grinnell

and knit underwear

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This is an original 1940 color print ad for De Beers Consolidated Mines

This is an original 1926 black and white halftone print of a cannon being shot with a number of soldiers loading the cannon and watching it go off

1923 Print H. A. Meyer Chicago Men Retail Shoe Company - ORIGINAL CP1 YWW1 George Bird GrinnellH. A. Meyer, President, H. A. Meyer Shoe Company, Men's Shoes at Retail. This is an original 1923 black and white print of H. A. Meyer who sold "Bostonian" shoes and enjoyed playing pinochle. Period Paper has obtained an unusual collection of prints with character sketches of Chicago movers and shakers from the 1920's. These men (yes, they are all male) were active in the business, industrial, and professional life of the city, and they are depicted