1934 The bon Vivant's Companion (7th printing 1934) by Jerry Thomas

Illustrations

PROFESSOR THOMAS PREPARING A BLUE BLAZER

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PRESIDENT GRANT PLAYING CROQUET AT LONG BRANCH, N. J., IN 1870. THE PRESIDENT IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN SO IMPRESSED BY HIS FIRST BLUE BLAZER THAT HE GAVE PROFESSOR THOMAS A CIGAR INDIGNANT YOUNG LADY REFUSING TO TAKE A DRINK. THIS OCCURRED IN 1868 A STREET SCENE IN NEW YORK IN 1870 MASHERS CASTING THEIR SPELLS

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SCENE AT THE SARATOGA RACES IN 1870

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CHARLEY SANDER, OF THE TALL TOWER, AND HIS

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FAMOUS MUSTACHE

CHARLEY McCARTY, PRINCIPAL BARTENDER AT THE ST. JAMES' HOTEL THE LOBBY OF TONY PASTOR'S VARIETY THEATER IN 1878

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TOMMY LYNCH AND HIS ASSISTANTS, MIKE AND MIKE 13

THE KIRALFY TRIO IN THEIR SENSATIONAL DANCE A STAGE TRIUMPH OF THE LATE SIXTIES

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