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The age of this book is not clear. A calendar stuck in one of its leaves suggests it might have been published as early as 1936. Elizabeth Driver estimates a date during World War II, based on “Help Win the War” coloured plates pasted on…

Colourful tropical fish such as these from Strack’s Naturgeschichte in Bildern mit erläuterndem [1826] were popular subjects in colour-plate books about fish.

An ad for Christmas slippers found in the December 14, 1929 issue of the University of Alberta Student newspaper The Gateway.

The 1970s dim sum ticket from the My Lai Garden restaurant, in contrast to the Golden City menu, features many clearly Cantonese dishes, including water chestnut cake, egg tarts, green peppers stuffed with shrimp paste, and pig’s liver rice crepes;…