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Chicago by day and night (1892)

[Vynne, Harold Richard] [from old catalog] · Chicago, Thomson and Zimmerman · leaf 82

An illustration from Chicago by day and night, 1892, leaf 82
money at the ex-pense of his more honest fellow-creatures. Hebelongs to the great army of confidence menwho prey upon mankind in general and upongullible strangers in large cities in particular. The confidence man! Ah, beware of him ifyoft value your peace. He may make his ap-pearance at any moment… … ..j> .\.\v\\. sheeps clothing, with de-signs on your purse. Thevery clumsy confidenceman who walks up andslaps you on the back with a cordial How dedo, Jones, how are all the folks? and imme-diately tries to scrape up an acquaintance, is notto be dreaded except by very green people whohave never…

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) · Amusements

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