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[JUGGLERS]. Exercise! Health!! Strength!! New York: Bornstein, [ca. 1889]. Double-sided one-color letterpress circular for the dealer “Bornstein / King of Clubs,” advertising the sale of Indian clubs, as well as horizontal bars, flying trapeze, flying rings, and dumb bells. With ten wood-engraved images of the merchandise in use, including two depictions of a man and a woman holding Indian clubs aloft, three illustrations each of a man on the trapeze and rings, a dumb bell, and a disembodied arm holding an Indian club. Verso includes, along with a decorative border, the lyrics to a song by famed minstrel show performer Lew Dockstader (George Alfred Clapp 1856 – 1924), and an advertisement for “Bornstein’s Letter Copying Presses” featuring a small engraved image of a press. 10 x 6”. Old creases, small tears.