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Who else thinks this die-cut trade card from 1874 is turtley awesome? 

This trade card is an advertisement for Salisbury’s Troubadours, a company of actors and singers that produced light musical comedies throughout the 1870s and 1880s helmed by actor Nate Salisbury.

I am Salisbury’s Troubadours’ turtle, 1874. [graphic]. Baltimore : A. Hoen & Co., lith. 1874 1 print : chromolithograph ; 14 x 8 cm. (5.5 x 3 in.)

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