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Ceramic tobacco jar with a removable head in the shape of a woman with large eyes and an open mouth. She is wearing the purple, green, and white colors of the Women's Social and Political Union on her hat and the sash on her shoulder.

Inscribed…

Gold stick pin with a gold eagle on the top. Threaded through the pin is a small white paper flag stamped with the slogan "Votes for Women."

Black silk rosette with red, white, and blue ribbon tails. Printed in black on the three ribbons is the slogan "Votes for Women" Attached to the rosette is a gold celluloid "Votes for Women" button.

The rosette is ripped on one side.

On the front is a picture of Susan B. Anthony. Inside are ten straight pins on one side with the title "Ten Pins" and on the other side and back is a list entitled "Ten Opinions Why Women Should Vote."

This may have been distributed during the…

Le Petit Journal, or “The Little Newspaper”, was a daily newspaper published from 1863 to 1944. In 1884, the paper began to include a weekly illustrated supplement.

This issue includes an article and illustration entitled: "Manifestations des…

Cardboard advertisement for Sapolio cleaner;
One side contains information about Sapolio and its uses. Among the slogans on the bottom half is this one: "A suffragette is Mrs. Brown Who's cleaning up in Spotless Town. When she discovers wrongs to…

Reprint of an advertising postcard for Shell Motor Spirit. This card contains an illustration of a woman standing on a stage in front of a crowd of women with hands raised, holding up a can of Shell Motor Spirit motor fuel.

Trade card advertisement for "Woman's Suffrage Stove Polish." The illustration on the recto is a color lithograph of a well-dressed young woman seated with her arms crossed on the arm of a sofa.

The verso contains the advertisement with its…

A satirical postcard advertising a sale on women by "Messrs. Husband & Sons, Un-Ltd." The card lists the various "lots" including "fine, fat and plump suffragettes", naggers, vegetarian girls, widows, old maids, and cooking girls.

Photographic postcard of suffragettes posting advertisements for the Women's Social and Political Union town hall meeting held on October 27, 1911, and handing out "Votes for Women" newspapers.