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"The Strength of Universal Service." BS advertisement for American Telephone and Telegraph Company. February, 1920. 6½" x 9½".

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2001? "The Tortoise and the Hair" magnet. Metal. 2" square. $5.75 from Azilliondollars.com through Etsy, Jan., '23.

This pun has been used before, for example in "Sin City Fables" from 1981. The cartoon character here is charming! I am…

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1934 "The Tortoise and the Hare from the Walt Disney Silly Symphony." Good Housekeeping, Oct., 1934. Page 37, with five cartoon panels detailing the race. 8 1/8" x 11½". $12.50 from Byron Grush, Cerrillos, NM, through Ebay, Sept., '00.

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"The Tortoise and the Heir." Magazine advertisement for DOC optique.

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From Jean de la Fontaine: Selected Fables. New York: The Quadrangle Press.

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From Aesop's Fables, London: John Murray.

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1865? "The Washington Grape." An envelope with an illustration of FG. The Ebay seller describes it as "black printed Civil War Patriotic," and identifies the fox with the South and the grapes with the North. 5½" x 3¼". $9.99 from Douglas Uzakewicz,…

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1951 "The Wolf and the Crane." Twenty-Third in a Series of 24 Aesop's Fables. With calendars for December, 1951 and January, 1952. Compliments of the Tulsa Agency, J.G. Brinkley Manager. Minneapolis: Northwestern National Life Insurance Company.…

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AT&T advertisement featuring members of the "Tortoise and Hare Running Club."

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"What Are The Long-term Effects of Instant Gratification?" TH Nuveen advertisement. The New Yorker. Nuveen are specialists in tax-free investments. Pages 58-59. Which issue is unknown.

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