1857 Wood Engraving Japanese Kago Litter Travel Commodore W. C. Perry XGA5 EH1 of the woman

of the woman

527 West 34th Street

This is an original 1903 black and white print ad for The Grecian System of Physical Culture for Women by The Grecian School of Physical Culture located at 810 Steinway Hall

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1857 Wood Engraving Japanese Kago Litter Travel Commodore W. C. Perry XGA5 EH1 of the womanThis is an original 1857 black and white wood engraving of a Japanese Kago (a type of litter suspended by a crossbeam and carried by two men to transport a person) from United States Naval Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to the Orient. Between the years of 1852 and 1854, President Millard Filmore ordered United States Navy Commodore Matthew Clabraith Perry to lead a squadron to Japan in order to establish diplomatic relations, open economic