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Third Summit House, Mount Wachusett
description- – Commercial photograph of the third Summit House on Mount Wachusett in Princeton Massachusetts built by John C.F. Murick in 1907. The text proclaims that the Summit house was open from May to October, the manager was E.W. Needham and that Wachusett Mountain is 2,015 feet above Sea Level [and the highest point East of the Berkshire's in New England]. The 14 bedroom hotel was operated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1908 through the middle of the 1930's when it stopped having overnight lodging. The third Summit House burned to the ground on December 18, 1970
- – Mountains--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Summer resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Hotels--Advertising
- – 1907-1920?
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
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- – English
Advertisement for the Wachusett House, Princeton, Massachusetts
description- – Full page advertisement for the Wachusett House in the Princeton Directory for July 1881. The Advertisement includes a print of the hotel by Rand McNally. P.A. Beaman and Son are listed as the proprietors. Phineas Beaman, a Princeton resident, purchased the Wachusett House in 1860, and the Beaman family ran the hotel until it burned in 1910. The Wachusett House was located on the southern end of the Princeton Town Common on what is now Dingman Park.
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Summer resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)
- – Hotels--Advertising
- – 1881
- – Brick, Will S.
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
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- – Image is from page 22 of The Princeton Directory: Number 1. - 1881, entered by Will S. Brick.
- – English
Fernside poster, c1900
description- – A poster advertising Fernside in Princeton, Massachusetts. The poster shows the main house with the young woman sitting on the front porch and contains a description of the services and purposes of Fernside. Fernside was built in 1835 by Captain Benjamin Harringon. Wilkes Roper purchased it in 1870 and ran it as the Summer House Hotel. In 1890, M. Josephine Allen of Boston purchased the house, barn, 10 acres of land and furnishings for 3,800 dollars. She named it Fernside, and it was operated as a mountain resort for working women for next 100 years who would not have been able to afford a vacation otherwise. A weeks stay cost $3 in 1890 and $70 in the 1980's. Fernside's final summer was 1988. Today Fernside is run as a rehabilitation center by the McClean Hospital.
- – This house, formerly known as the"Princeton Vacation House for Working Girls,"will open for the season on Saturday, July 1. It is conducted exclusively for the benefit of women wage-earners, over seventeen years of age, and is Princeton, Mass., beautifully situated on the side of Mount Wachusett. The house is in perfect order, the table ample, with fresh vegetables daily from the garden. The mountain can be ascended in two hours from the house. Each person is expected to aid in the care of her bedroom and to do her share of the table work. The price of board is $4.00 a week, and the railroad fares $1.90 for the round trip. Reduction is made sometimes for those greatly needing a change of air, but unable to pay the above prices. Each person is expected to remain two weeks.All board and railroad tickets must be obtained from the"Fernside Agent,"and paid in advance. She will be at the Women's Educational and Industrial Union, No. 264 Boylston Street every Tuesday and Friday evening, from 7 to 9 o'clock, beginning Tuesday, June 13. A deposit of fifty cents is required at the time of application; this will be deducted later from the regular board. The parties, twenty-one in each, will leave every Saturday from the South Station, and are met at Princeton station by the"Fernside"carriage. Applications should be made early as the house accommodates but forty-two. All are requested to bring their clothing in bags, as transportation of trunks from the station is difficult. As there are no conveniences for personal laundry work, it is well to bring a supply of underclothing to last during the stay.Miss M. J. Allen, President
- – Working class women
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Hotels--Advertising
- – Hotels--Working class women
- – Resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – 1900?
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
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Theater Seating by the Heywood-Wakefield Company, ca. 1937
description- – Two pages from the Heywood-Wakefield Theatre Seating Catalog, ca. 1937. The pages show two theater seats, O.C. 986 and O.C. 978, which were part of the Streamline Seating line. Started in 1826, the Heywood-Wakefield Company was the largest furniture manufacturing companies in America by 1926. In addition to their chairs and household furniture, Heywood-Wakefield produced seats for trains, airplanes, buses, baseball parks, schools and municipal auditoriums. At the time of this publication, their Theater seating was used in such venues as the Roxy Theater in Hollywood California. Today, Heywood-Wakefield seats are still in use in many older theaters.
- – Furniture industry and trade--Massachusetts--Gardner
- – Theaters--Chairs--Catalogs
- – Heywood--Wakefield Company--Catalogs
- – Furniture industry and trade--Catalogs
- – Theater--Chairs--Advertising
- – Text and images are the property of the Mount Wachusett Community College and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the Mount Wachusett Community College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The Mount Wachusett Community College prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Mount Wachusett Community College. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of Mount Wachusett Community College property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
- – 1937?
- – Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project website, http://www.mwcc.edu/gardnerfurniture/default.html.
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- – Image is page 10&11 from Theatre Seating by Heywood-Wakefield Catalog, ca. 1937. Catalog was printed by Walsh Press, Boston.
- – English
Ash Cupid's Bow Chair&Ash Crown Chair, S. Bent&Brothers, Inc.
description- – A catalog glossy print of the S. Bent&Brothers, inc. Ash Cupid's Bow Chair and Ash Crown Chair. The Chairs are shown against a white background and include the dimensions of the width, depth, height of the seat and the overall height of the chairs. S. Bent&Brothers, Inc. was started in 1867 by Samuel, Charles and Roderic Bent in Gardner, Massachusetts after Samuel Bent left the Heywood-Wakefield Company. They made colonial chairs, rockers, children's chairs, and, in 1920s-1950s, breakfast sets and institutional furniture. One of their specialties was the college and university chair. S. Bent&Brothers, Inc. closed in 2001.
- – Chair industry
- – Furniture industry and trade--Massachusetts--Gardner
- – Furniture industry and trade--Advertising
- – S. Bent&Brothers, Inc.
- – Text and images are the property of the Mount Wachusett Community College and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the Mount Wachusett Community College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The Mount Wachusett Community College prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Mount Wachusett Community College. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of Mount Wachusett Community College property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
- – 1970-1990?
- – Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project website, http://www.mwcc.edu/gardnerfurniture/default.html.
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- – English
Market Samples, April 1969
description- – A hand-drawn market samples design sheet for the Heywood-Wakefield Company High Point Furniture Line dated April 1969 by W. Joseph Carr. Design spreads such as these would appear in catalogs and advertising spreads, though it is unknown whether this one did or not. Shown are bookcases, chairs, tables and desks with their names and numbers. Joseph Carr was a noted furniture designer, artist, cartoonist and sculptor from Gardner, Massachusetts. He worked for the Heywood-Wakefield Company as a furniture designer from 1936 till the company closed its doors in 1979. He also did freelance furniture designs for a variety of furniture companies including S. Bent&Brothers, Inc.
- – Furniture designers
- – Furniture industry and trade--Massachusetts--Gardner
- – Furniture industry and trade--Advertising
- – Furniture--Drawings
- – Exhibitions
- – Text and images are the property of the Mount Wachusett Community College and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the Mount Wachusett Community College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The Mount Wachusett Community College prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Mount Wachusett Community College. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of Mount Wachusett Community College property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
- – 1969-04
- – Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project website, http://www.mwcc.edu/gardnerfurniture/default.html.
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- – English
Heywood-Wakefield Modern Furniture line file print
description- – A file print of the Heywood-Wakefield Company Modern Furniture Line chair and large corner table. The file print has a negative number of 16485 K and was taken by Hedrich-Blessing. The picture is accompanied by the text to appear in the catalog or advertising. Heywood-Wakefield 's"Modern"furniture line was produced from 1930's to the 1960's. This line featured blond, bubbly birch furniture with names such as"Sculptura","Crescendo","Kohinoor"that evoke the aesthetics, beauty and creativity that came to typify the line.
- – Ad text from back: Heywood-Wakefield Company Photograph No. 16485-KThe Texture of peggy cyprus wallpaper forms an interesting background for this setting of Modern chairs around a large corner table. The fabric on the chairs (which match the drapery) is a modern twist material in a wide range of colours. The chair has a spring filled platform and back and a reversible foam rubber seat cushion. The arms and sides are cotton padded. Note how well the corner table is scaled to meet the arms of the chairs.. and note, too, the large shelf area convenient for books, magazines, etc. The tall, planted lamp gives ample illumination to the area. Only solid Birch wood is used in Heywood-Wakefield Modern furniture---on the exposed parts as well as in the frame of the upholstered chairs. No inferior lumber is used for chair framing under the fabric. This Modern furniture is available in light Wheat and Champagne finishes. Approximate retails prices: High Back Arm Chair (in grade 10 Fabric). . . $149.00Corner Table . . . 63.00
- – Furniture industry and trade--Massachusetts--Gardner
- – Furniture--Advertising
- – Heywood--Wakefield Company
- – Text and images are the property of the Mount Wachusett Community College and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the Mount Wachusett Community College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The Mount Wachusett Community College prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Mount Wachusett Community College. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of Mount Wachusett Community College property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
- – 1940-1960?
- – Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project website, http://www.mwcc.edu/gardnerfurniture/default.html.
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- – English
Pro-phy-lac-tic Brushes, Florence Manufacturing Company
description- – You Know a Good Brush When You See It Knowing what work you expect of a brush, you are able to judge by examination whether or not it will do that work. Pro-phy-lac-tic Brushes are designed to do thoroughly the work for which they are to be used. They will stand the test of examination and will tell their own story if you will look at them. The Pro-phy-lac-tic Pen-e-tra-tor Hair Brush will brush through the hair. That?s what you want. You want to feel it on your scalp. It brushes all the hair instead of going over the top. Look at the stiff, springy, widely separated bristles and you will see that this is so. The Pro-phy-lac-tic Hand Brush is made to scrub and scrub and scrub for years. Its sturdy construction, its metal bristle bed, and its thickly set bristles stand the wear and the hard usage you expect. See these brushes at any store where brushes are sold. All Pro-phy-lac-tic brushes are sold in the sanitary yellow boxes. If you buy one that disappoints you in any way, let us know and we will replace it.Send for the free illustrated booklet, ?Ideas About Hair Dressing.?/ FLORENCE MANUFACTURING CO., Florence, Mass./ makers of Pro-phy-lac-tic Tooth Brushes/ Canadian Agency: 247 St. Paul Street West, Montreal Pro-phy-lac-tic Brushes
- – An Advertisement for Pro-phy-lac-tic Brushes made by the Florence Manufacturing Company in Florence, Massachusetts. The advertisement is for the Pro-phy-lac-tic Pen-e-tra-tor Hair Brush and the Pro-phy-lac-tic Hand Brush. The Florence Manufacturing Co. was one of the first companies to experiment with plastics, making plastic casings of a fiber called the Florence Compound. Early on they made buttons, revolver casings and daguerreotype cases. Their most successful product was the Pro-phy-lac-tic toothbrush, and in 1924 they changed their name to the Pro-phy-lac-tic Brush Company to reflect this success.
- – Brushes
- – Hair Brushes
- – Pro-phy-lac-tic Brush Company, Florence (Mass.)
- – Plastics industry and trade--Massachusetts--Florence
- – Florence Manufacturing Company, Florence (Mass.)
- – Advertising--Hair care and hygiene
- – Text and images are the property of the National Plastics Center and Museum (NPCM) and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the NPCM may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The NPCM prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of the National Plastics Center and Museum. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of the museum's property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
- – 1910-1924?
- – Is part of the Archival Collections. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
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- – English
Foster Grant Letter from the War Department, Sept. 29, 1944
description- – WAR DEPARTMENT BOSTON CHEMICAL WARFARE PROCUREMENT DISTRICTROOM 500 75 FEDERAL STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTSIn reply refer to September 29, 1944Foster-Grant Company Leominster,Massachusetts Gentlemen:It has been brought to my attention that your organization accomplished an outstanding achievement in the assembly and manufacture of the Eyeshields on your contract W19-025-CWS 334 during the month of September. It has been reported that the officials, and men and women of the Foster-Grant Company cooperated to the fullest extent in overcoming numerous hardships and inconveniences in manufacture. Through your efforts, production commitments made by this District to the Army Service Forces, Office of the Chief, Chemical Warfare Service, Washington,D. C., have been met. I desire to take this opportunity to express the appreciation of the Chemical Warfare Service for your outstanding efforts. It is requested that you extend to each and every one of your employees concerned the thanks of this service.Sincerely, LESTER W HURDColonel, C.W.S. Commanding Officer
- – A letter from the War Department's Boston Chemical Warfare Procurement District, thanking the Foster Grant Company for the outstanding achievement in the assembly and manufacture of the MI-Eye Shields for Soldiers fighting in World War II. During World War II, the Foster Grant Company created many products for the United States Military.
- – Advertising--Plastics industry and trade
- – World War, 1939-1945--Equipment
- – Foster Grant Company, Leominster (Mass.)
- – Plastics industry and trade--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – World War, 1939-1945--Boston Chemical Warfare Procurement District
- – Safety goggles
- – Text and images are the property of the National Plastics Center and Museum (NPCM) and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the NPCM may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The NPCM prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of the National Plastics Center and Museum. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of the museum's property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
- – 1944-09-29
- – Is part of the Archival Collections. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
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- – English
Dr. West's Miracle-Tuft Toothbrush,"Vitally Important to Victory"
description- – Vitally important to victory?/ Your good health/ helps you do your part! Today proper care of the teeth---the beauty treatment that has always been a health safeguard too, is more important than ever before. A sparkling smile reveals that you?re on the right road to health. And America?s health is vitally important to victory.This wartime need to keep fit is making thousands of Americans realize that their old toothbrushes just won?t do. They?re getting a Dr. West?s Miracle-Tuft. For only with Miracle-Tuft do you get the greater tooth-cleansing efficiency of ?EXTON? brand bristling, the health safeguard of surgically sterile glass packaging and the economy of a full year of effective service. Be prepared in health as in all other things to serve your country. Equip every member of your family with a Dr. West?s Miracle-Tuft.ONLY DR. WEST?S Miracle-Tuft offers these exclusive advantages 1. ?EXTON? brand bristling for longer life, more efficient tooth-cleansing.2. Surgically sterile glass packaging?germ free delivery to you. 3. A full year of effective service for you, proved by millions of salesAnd at 25 cents, the super value brush of the day? Dr. West?s ?25??An outstanding value made possible by production ?line methods. As fine a brush as it is possible to make at anywhere near this price.
- – A 1943 advertising poster for Dr. West's Miracle-Tuft toothbrushes. The advertisement shows an elegant woman wearing a feathered bathrobe that reveals her shoulders while holding a toothbrush. Also shown is a military communications operator. DuPont toothbrushes were a part of every soldier's basic supplies during World War II, a fact that was often reflected in their advertisements. Dr West's toothbrushes, a brand name created by DuPont, were the first toothbrushes to use Nylon Fibers for bristles after Wallace Hume Carruthes, a Dupont scientist, invented Nylon in 1937.
- – Polyamide fibers
- – Nylon--History
- – Advertising--Toothbrushes
- – World War, 1939-45--Advertising
- – E.I. du Pont de Nemours&Company
- – Toothbrushes
- – Dr. West's Miracle-Tuft
- – Text and images are the property of the National Plastics Center and Museum (NPCM) and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the NPCM may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The NPCM prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of the National Plastics Center and Museum. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of the museum's property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
- – 1943
- – Is part of the Archival Collections. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
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- – English
Foster Grant, MI-Eye Shield?Boston Chemical Warfare Service
description- – A promotional spread of four different designs of the MI-Eye Shield created by the Foster Grant Company in Leominster, Massachusetts for the Boston Chemical Warfare Service. Above the glasses are directions for the use of the glasses. During World War II, the Foster Grant Company created many products for the United States Military.
- – Advertising--Plastics industry and trade
- – World War, 1939-1945--Equipment
- – Plastics industry and trade--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – World War, 1939-1945--Boston Chemical Warfare Procurement District
- – Safety goggles
- – Text and images are the property of the National Plastics Center and Museum (NPCM) and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the NPCM may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The NPCM prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of the National Plastics Center and Museum. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of the museum's property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
- – 1940-1950?
- – Is part of the Foster Grant Collection, 1933-1980s. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
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- – English
Foster Grant Advertisement, ?Easy on the Eyes?
description- – A photograph of a promotional window advertisement of the Anti-Infra Sun Goggles created by the Foster Grant Grant Company of Leominster, Massachusetts There are two posters depicted in the photograph. One has a young woman wearing the sunglasses, the second is a picture of the Anti-Infra Sun Goggles. The poster claims that for greater eye comfort one should wear the Anti-Infra Sun Goggles because the scientific lenses"eliminate 85% of harmful Infra-Red Rays". The poster with the girl lists the cost at 25 cents and proclaims that they are"Easy on the Eyes".
- – Advertising--Plastics industry and trade
- – Sunglasses
- – Plastics industry and trade--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – Text and images are the property of the National Plastics Center and Museum (NPCM) and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the NPCM may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The NPCM prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of the National Plastics Center and Museum. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of the museum's property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
- – 1940-1950?
- – Is part of the Foster Grant Collection, 1933-1980s. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
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- – English
Tupperware magazine cover, 1958
description- – A Tupperware Home Parties Catalog cover from 1958. The cover shows a woman in a kitchen surrounded by Tupperware products. Tupperware tableware, plates and glasses are on the kitchen table, and Tupperware containers for food fill the cupboard. The woman is dressed in a white dress and is wearing a double strand of pearls. Earl Tupper founded Tupperware in 1938 using a method of purifying a by-product of the oil refining process that he perfected to create a line of plastic containers for kitchen and home use. Tupperware didn't become successful until it adopted the idea of direct marketing at home parties in the 1950's.
- – Advertising--Plastics industry and trade
- – Plastic tableware
- – Plastic containers
- – Tupperware Corporation
- – Text and images are the property of the National Plastics Center and Museum (NPCM) and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the NPCM may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The NPCM prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of the National Plastics Center and Museum. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of the museum's property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
- – 1958
- – Courtesy of the Ann and Thomas Damigella Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Behring Center, Smithsonian
- – Is part of the Tupperware Collection, 1949-2004. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
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- – Image is the cover from the 1958 Tupperware Home Parties Catalog
- – English
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