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1892 2nd edition. This is the earliest known promotional comic book, predating as it does the Buster Brown premiums. Reprints advertising cartoons from Barker's Illustrated Almanac, including cartoons that frequently included racist stereotypes of blacks. Each cartoon contained advertising for Barker's products.
Cover (this same cover appears on the 1892 1st edition), depicting travel to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois by boat, ferry, railroad, horseback, elephants, camels, bicycle, carriage , covered wagon, stage coach, clipper ship, sailboat, and on foot.
Full-color cardboard covers, 7-7/8-in. x 10-1/2-in., wraparound color cover, 156-numbered pages. published by Barker, Moore & Mein Medicine Company, Philadelphia, PA.