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The Owl restaurant (Binghamton) advertising card

 Item — Box: 5

Scope and Contents

Lithographic advertising card. Recto has an image at center of two owls looking at barrels of Van Nostrand's Old Musty Ale, with caption "By Wisdom's light we all may read, 'Old Musty Ale' is best indeed". Card is captioned at top "Go to 129 Wash. Street, Binghamton, N. Y. | For Van Nostrand's Old Musty Ale. | Moist Goods and Lunches. | (Over)". Verso has short verse starting "We come into this world all naked a bare," followed by the text "'Here's Another Evidence of Sociability,' at Eugene Crawford's, 'The Owl' 129 Washington St. | Lew. Barber's Old Stand. | John Lewis, Bar-keeper. | (Over)".

Dates

  • Creation: 1813 - 2019

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use and has no known restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 30 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Binghamton NY 13902 USA