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HISTORICAL SUMMARY & LOGISTICS• Title: The New-York Mirror Advertiser• Date: Saturday, October 2, 1830 (Volume VIII / Number 13)• Location: Published in New York, New York, by George P. Morris• Format: Complete 4-Page Advertising Extra (Large individual broadsheet variant, printed on heavy folio rag-linen paper, unstitched)• Condition: Very Good (VG). Beautifully preserved on heavy, durable 1830s rag paper stock. Features exceptionally sharp text with deep ink contrast. Shows expected minor edge wear and light, natural age-related browning (toning) entirely consistent with a 195+ year old document. Spine remains mostly attached with only a few inches of natural separation at the very top. Free of major tears or text loss. Structurally strong, completely flat, and an incredibly unique early Manhattan advertising display piece. Full condition is transparently represented in the listing photographs.CRITICAL HISTORICAL CONTENTThis spectacular, complete 1830 primary source advertising sheet captures a vivid, unvarnished look at daily commercial life, high society, and early entertainment in Jacksonian-era Manhattan, documenting highly collectible cultural milestones:• AMERICAN ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN OSTRICH ARRIVAL: Features a prominent page 3 advertisement for the Canal-street zoological grounds, announcing the spectacular public arrival and exhibit of three living wild ostriches from Senegal, Africa.• PEALE'S MUSEUM LIVING ANACONDA EXHIBIT: Contains a highly unique, dramatic promotional text for Broadway's famous Peale's Museum, detailing a living exhibition of a massive Java Boa Constrictor / Anaconda and a Ceylon Diamond Serpent.• BROADWAY WAX MUSEUM DETAILS: Records a fascinating amusement listing cataloging over 100 life-sized figures at the Museum of Wax Figures, highlighting biblical scenes, historical tableaus, and cultural displays.• 1830s APOTHECARY & QUACK MEDICINE: Packed with dense, high-contrast early typography outlining famous period treatments, including Dr. Thorp's Carminative Panacea, Chilton's Chemical Preparations, and Hadlock's Lungs Powder.• EARLY NEW YORK MERCHANTS & COMMERCE: Loaded with hundreds of daily business notices tracking historic Manhattan addresses, featuring Rob't & Wm. Nunn Piano-Fortes, Soria & Co. Dyeing, and local fashion warehouses.
This is an authentic 1830 rag-paper advertising broadsheet printed in New York, NOT a modern reproduction, souvenir print, or photocopy.