Crystal Balls in Art

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Crystal Balls in Art

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  YYYY: Artist unknown.
  Colour Budweiser Beer advertisement. (detail)
  Genre: Product Ad.

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  YYYY: Artist unknown.
  Colour Budweiser Beer advertisement.
  Genre: Product Ad.

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  YYYY: Absorene dry cleaner for washable wall paper: "Absorene: The Ball of Magic."
  Artist unknown.
  Genre: Product Ad. "Makes Clean Healthy Rooms -- Absorene Cleans Wall Paper and Window Shades ??? ??? The Absorene Mfg Co. ??? Dry Cleaner for Washable Wall Paper For Sale By"

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  1908: Gypsy Crystal Ball Reader on Collier's cover April 25, 1908 by Howard McCormick.
  Genre: Magazine Cover.

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  1865: "Astrologia," by Edward Burne Jones.
  Genre: Painting.

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  Colour Budweiser Beer advertisement stand.
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  YYYY: L.W. de Laurence Catalogue cover, Chicago. Artist unknown.
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  Genre: Occult Catalogue Art.

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