THE PRESS, 19 July 1876. It seems that OUR SHOW refers to this famous old optical and instrument company, not to the window shade company advertised at the end of the book, because it mentions a barometer.

Philadelphia advertisement for W. Y. McAllister, optician, 728 Chestnut, instruments, 1876

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