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1853 Ad for Air-Tight Burial Cases

1850s

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Here’s a fascinating old advertisement sent in by a GoDCer. Nancy sent in an old ad for her great-great grandfather’s business.

Fisks' burial cases - 1853 — Fisks’ burial cases – 1853

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Source: GoDCer Nancy

READ: D.C. and Pabst Blue Ribbon: A Hundred Years of Love

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