Automatic toy works, New York. [from old catalog] · New York, Lockwood & Crawford, stationers · leaf 10
This image, with its shaven head, long queue and quaint look-ing dress, gives a striking and life-like picture of a Chinese Laun-dryman. Wheh at work, he bends over the tub, and rubs the gar-ment which he holds in his hands with a naturalness so perfect hemight easily be mistaken for a real… … This piece is similar to the Laundryman represented on theopposite page. It shows Ah-Sin with a smoothing iron, putting thepolish upon a gentlemans linen. The mechanism of these noveltiesis so perfectly made, that only the greatest abuse can put them outof order. Price, $2.50. IO- ¥he Cok^tef.
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