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"Tell father that the accompanying method has often been used to prevent people from assuming [illegible] position when they once get vertical." Includes illustration of woman being hanged.

GLC08284.014

List of Christmas Gifts

Someone lists their Christmas gift. Other side features illustration of blacksmith.

GLC08284.015

"And like said Jimmy when he had his quiet play spell..."

Seems to be about a child playing who later has to clean up. Other side features illustration showing little boy asking his grandma if she needs help.

GLC08284.016

Sketch of the Schooner Coral of Chicago

GLC08284.017

Sketch of the View of the Fleet Anchors Opposite 12th St.

GLC08284.018

Postcard with Waite Monunment

Historic monument erected by Joseph Waite in 1763.

GLC08284.019

Historic Wait Monument

Sketch of photograph in previous item (GLC08248.019). In Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.

GLC08284.020

Horatio Loomis Waite

His name written in large letters with the title: Late Lt. Commander Payr. United States Navy.

GLC08284.021

Mother with Children

GLC08284.022

Boy Holding Up Sketch of a Bird

GLC08284.023

Comic Watercolor of Horatio Waite

He wears a blue suit.

GLC08284.024

Men and women rejoicing

Three men stare at them from the clouds

GLC08284.025

Boy Holding An Oar

GLC08284.026

Men Dancing and Singing Around a Table

GLC08284.027

Where Have All My Tools Gone?

Child holds an empty box. Other side features partial story about child waking up at three or four in the morning.

GLC08284.028

Sick Man Attended by Strange Women

GLC08284.029

Harry Marching Down the Aisle, with His Christmas Tree Present

Other side contains partial manuscript about the Christmas season,

GLC08284.030

Girl Pulling a Cat's Tail

Other side contains partial manuscript. Cut from a larger work.

GLC08284.031

The Engine Must Get Up More Steam

A child in bed taking a cookie from the nightstand. Other side features partial manuscript about a child named Jimmy.

GLC08284.032

Happy New Year, 1869

Man and woman at a party.

GLC08284.033

Pity the Sorrow of a Poor M.D.

Features man in patchy clothing in a threadbare house.

GLC08284.034

"I eat dat poor ittle mousey's cheese up."

Features girl holding cheese with mouse on the end of it. Other side is partial manuscript.

GLC08284.035

Ise, Making a Train of Cars to Bring Grandma Wait in.

Other side features partial manuscript.

GLC08284.036

Memorial Tablet in St. Paul's Church

In Loving Memory of Chara Conant Long Wait.

GLC08284.037

Facts About Chara Conant Long Wait

Other side is a floor plan of Chicago Historical Society.

GLC08284.038