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From: Frederick Burr Opper, Our Antediluvian Ancestors, 1903.
Subjects: Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937 ; Book covers


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Illustration Number Eight -- "What's the joke, Stonechips?" "Look at that Brontosaurus! It tried to attack my mother-in-law!"

From: Frederick Burr Opper, Our Antediluvian Ancestors, 1903.
Subjects: Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937 ; Parents-in-law ; Family ; Domestic relations


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Illustration Number Twenty -- "What's all the row about?" "Why, you know Old Bonescraper died the other day, and those are his heirs. They're contesting the will."

From: Frederick Burr Opper, Our Antediluvian Ancestors, 1903.
Subjects: Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937 ; Inheritance and succession ; Real property ; Domestic relations


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Illustration Number Twenty-Four -- "The Spearheads seem to be awfully good to that old uncle of theirs" "I should say so. Why, he owns two canoes, three stone hatchets, and half a dozen bearskins, and they're his sole heirs."

From: Frederick Burr Opper, Our Antediluvian Ancestors, 1903.
Subjects: Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937 ; Domestic relations ; Inheritance and succession ; Real property


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Illustration Number Twenty-Eight -- "What's the matter with Mr. Skinclad?" "He's been under Dr. Stonehatchet's care for some time, and the doctor is presenting his bill."

From: Frederick Burr Opper, Our Antediluvian Ancestors, 1903.
Subjects: Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937 ; Physicians ; Medicine--Practice--Accounting


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Illustration Number Thirty-Four -- "Stonehatchet and his wife seem to be having a frightful row." "I should say so! She just found a long red hair on his shoulder."

From: Frederick Burr Opper, Our Antediluvian Ancestors, 1903.
Subjects: Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937 ; Marriage ; Domestic relations ; Adultery


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Illustration Number Thirty-Eight -- "What's he making that picture on the rock for?" "He's been fishing, and he's showing the size of the sabre-tooth shark that bit his hook but got away."

From: Frederick Burr Opper, Our Antediluvian Ancestors, 1903.
Subjects: Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937 ; Fishing

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