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Magazine advertisement for Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia, 1925.
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Compton’s by Britannica

Also known as: “Compton’s Encyclopedia and Fact-Index”, “Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia”(Show More)
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Compton’s by Britannica, a general reference work for home, school, and library, designed primarily for children and young people in the upper elementary grades and high school and for family use. In the early 21st century Compton’s contained more than 8,000 main articles in 25 volumes. A 26th volume, the Fact-Index, included more than 26,000 shorter articles on subjects that might not be fully treated in the main articles, 63,500 brief entries, and nearly 300,000...

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