More from the 1880 Scribner's...

[misstia]

that invalid chair looks comfy eh?

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[branwynn.livejournal.com]

About as comfy as the one's I've seen in nursing homes -not much, I'd imagine!

These were all interesting to look at and I'm honestly amazed at how well they turned out.

[beetle-breath.livejournal.com]

I can see my dad buying his own DIY printing press, if he were alive back then. Then he'd be swearing about how difficult setting the type is! XD

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Want the printing press! Oh, darn. I'm not a boy.

Anyone else initially read the first ad as not-valid rolling chair?

[mellzie-1963.livejournal.com]

A.H. Stephens was Jefferson Davis's vice president in the Confederacy.