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Poster advertising eye doctor E. G. Townsend

Broadside
22 x 15 cm
Kentucky Library Broadside Collection # S167
Item/Collection Note: G. E. Townsend, a Bowling Green optician, declared that he was ready to fit glasses to correct a myriad of eye problems and that "complicated cases" were his specialty. He also advertises a patent medicine, Townsend's Corn Salve, known to remove corns and warts.
Anonymous gift, 1941





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