Word: tins
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...born on the twenty-ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and of the independence of the United States the eightieth. The interesting event occurred in Boston. A pewter mug, richly embossed in tin, was given me by my uncle...
...Little Tin Gods-on-Wheels; or, Society in our Modern Athens. A Trilogy after the manner of the Greek. Cambridge: C. W. Sever...
Those of us who remember the "tragedies" will be immediately attracted to the new illustrations by Mr. Attwood. These illustrations are indeed capital; the most humorous and the most skilfully drawn that Mr. Attwood has yet done. The union in the dress of the "Little Tin Gods," of the modern full-dress costume with that of an ancient Greek swell, is a most clever adaptation of the cartoons to the spirit of the "tragedies." And in the attitudes of the "Little Tin Gods," and especially in the bored and supercilious expression in their faces, Mr. Attwood has left little wanting...
MEMBERS of Sections III. and IV. of Division C in Junior Themes will find their themes at the office in a tin marked Junior C. The next Theme day for these sections will be March 4 Sections I. and II. will report together, with Theme V., on March...
...their rescue. The difficult question to answer is, what material is stout enough to resist the attacks of the gentlemen who prowl around in search of trophies. Ordinary cards are entirely out of the question. We are of the opinion that black letters painted on a white background of tin, nailed quite high, would be conspicuous enough, and certainly out of the way of all but very determined trophy-hunters...