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Extremely Early Cincinnati SPCA Ephemera,

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Extremely Early Cincinnati SPCA Ephemera,
Extremely Early Cincinnati SPCA Ephemera,<p>2 medals and more. Includes 2 Medals for SPCA membership. One has "No. 1 / Jno. Simpkinson / No. 89 W. Pearl St. / Cincinnati" on verso, with the society's logo on recto.The other is No. 732, with no name engraved on it. No. 1 has hole in top for hanging (as made). PLUS 5 lithographed copies of an engraved portrait of Simpkinson, "Western Biogl. Publ. Co., Cinti. & NY." The Cincinnati SPCA has been in operation since 1873. Simpkinson, according to an enclosed newspaper column, was proprietor of a large shoe and boot company in Cincinnati, one of the community's business leaders.<p>Some of lithos. with minor soil, others excellent. Medals have very minor scratches as expected, else excellent.