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Ticket for lottery to promote literature in New York state

Lottery ticket, 4th class, for Harvard College drawing

Lottery ticket, 6th class, for Rhode Island state lottery

Ticket for lottery drawing, 3rd class, to raise funds to build a bridge in Newcastle

Rotary dial used to solve simple multiplication problems. In each tiny circular window that appear as a spiraled series, the product of the two aligned numbers around the outside of dial appear.

A game played to learn multiplication tables

Illustrated flash card used to practice multiplication tables; this one has image of dancing slave and rhyme "The British slaves/ are now all free;/nine times seven are/..... ....."

Rotating device used to calculate interest.

Rotating device to use to calculate interest.

Story about the dangers of participating in the lottery, includes hand painted illustrations.