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Nickels and Dimes: From the Collections of Johannsen and LeBlanc Nickels and Dimes: From the Collections of Johannsen and LeBlanc

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Publication Date

1878 - 1894
(years)

Genre

  • Humorous stories (36) + -
  • Stage and theatre stories (6) + -
  • School and sports stories (5) + -
  • Bildungsromans (2) + -
  • Christmas stories (2) + -
  • Circus and carnival stories (1) + -
  • Sea stories (1) + -
  • Western stories (1) + -

Series

  • Five cent wide awake library (36) + -

Publisher

  • Tousey, Frank (36) + -

Topic

  • Practical jokes (16) + -
  • Dwarfs (14) + -
  • Schoolboys (6) + -
  • African Americans (5) + -
  • Chinese (5) + -
  • Blackface entertainers (4) + -
  • Orphans (4) + -
  • Blacks (2) + -
  • Holidays (2) + -
  • Merchants (2) + -
  • Actors (1) + -
  • Boarding schools (1) + -
  • Circus (1) + -
  • College students (1) + -
  • Farmers (1) + -
  • Female offenders (1) + -
  • Horses (1) + -
  • Hotelkeepers (1) + -
  • Indians of North America (1) + -
  • Inventors (1) + -
  • Landlords (1) + -
  • Monkeys (1) + -
  • People with disabilities (1) + -
  • Railroad trains (1) + -
  • Sailors (1) + -
  • Sales personnel (1) + -
  • Stutterers (1) + -
  • Tramps (1) + -
  • Traveling sales personnel (1) + -
  • Twins (1) + -
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Character

  • Shortys (Fictitious characters) (14) + -
  • Bounce, Tommy (Fictitious character) (4) + -
  • Chin Chin (Fictitious character) (3) + -
  • Yale College (1718-1887) (1) + -

Place

  • New York (N.Y.) (11) + -
  • Utah (2) + -
  • Atlantic Coast (North America) (1) + -
  • Atlantic Coast (South America) (1) + -
  • California (1) + -
  • Hong Kong (China) (1) + -
  • London (England) (1) + -
  • Long Island (N.Y.) (1) + -
  • New England (1) + -
  • New Haven (Conn.) (1) + -
  • New Jersey (1) + -
  • United States (1) + -
  • West (U.S.) (1) + -
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Format

  • Nickel weeklies (36) + -

Collection

  • Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (36) + -

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  • (-) = Pad, Peter

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Shortys on the road, or, In the old business just for fun
Johnny Brown & Co. at school, or, The deacon's boy at his old tricks
Little Tommy Bounce, or, Something like his dad
Our landlord, or, Life in French Flats
Bulger Boom, the inventor
Behind the scenes, or, Out with a New York combination
Smart & Co., the boy peddlers
Shortys' Christmas snaps
Shortys in the wild west
Those quiet twins
Sam Spry, the New York drummer, or, Business before pleasure
Shorty kids, or, Three chips of three old blocks
Jack Hawser's tavern
Joseph Jump and his old blind nag
Shortys' country store
Shortys' Christmas and New Year at home
Shortys out for fun
Bob Rollick, the Yankee notion drummer
Bob Rollick, or, What was he born for?
Tommy Bounce, Jr., in college
Shortys married and settled down
Tommy Bounce, Jr., or, A chip of the old block
Stuttering Sam
Tumbling Tim, or, Traveling with a circus
Shortys' trip around the world
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