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Posted: 16 Jan 2014

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Oh Come Off!

Oh Come Off!
So why is a kid with a dopey expression hoisting a giant flower-filled slipper onto another kid's back? It's just another Victorian-era mystery waiting to be solved in this curious illustration from an unused advertising trade card.

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Comments
 Deborah Lundbech
Deborah Lundbech club
haha
Love your commentary.
10 years ago.
 Alan Mays
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Thanks, Deborah!
10 years ago.

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