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The Raleigh Register, North Carolina, May 14, 1853
“..hurry the poor negro from the genial clime he is accustomed to, to the icy regions of Queen Victoria’s Northern possessions..”
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The Raleigh Register, North Carolina, May 14, 1853
“..hurry the poor negro from the genial clime he is accustomed to, to the icy regions of Queen Victoria’s Northern possessions..”
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The Manhattan Republic, Kansas, December 7, 1922
Personal Conduct For The Soldier, United States Army, 1949
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Personal Conduct For The Soldier, United States Army, 1949
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El Paso Herald, Texas, November 5, 1928
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El Paso Herald, Texas, September 5, 1928
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El Paso Herald, Texas, September 4, 1928
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El Paso Herald, Texas, January 4, 1928
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The Ladies’ Home Journal, May 1949
Boston Post, Massachusetts, July 15, 1921
The Decatur Herald, Illinois, August 11, 1922
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New Castle Herald, Pennsylvania, January 9, 1920
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, January 26, 1909
From Wikipedia: The Billiken is a charm doll created by an American art teacher and illustrator, Florence Pretz of Kansas City, Missouri, who is said to have seen the mysterious figure in a dream.
Actress Florence Reed at home touching a Billiken Man, from a 1921 Photoplay magazine interview:
Here’s one for sale on ebay:

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My Pretty Scrap-Book, or, Picture Pages and Pleasant Stories for Little Readers, London, 1874
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The Wichita Daily Eagle, Kansas, December 23, 1920