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Okay, I'll just be honest, this one perplexes me and I made the damn thing. Why is there a smirking little girl emerging from a rosebud? What does "lactated food" even mean, and why was it so important that specifically painted artwork was made to advertise it?
Questions like these are why I love this era so much.
"It's Lactated!"
The artwork in this collection uses images taken from scrapbooks collected by my great-great-uncle, Coleman "CC" Jett in 19th century Kentucky. The ephemera he kept– advertisements, auction notices, newspaper clippings– gives a fascinating insight into daily life nearly 200 years ago.
The Jett Set:
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