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  • Envelope sent to E. M. Adams, Alexandria, Virginia, from Southern Bivouac, published by B.F. Avery & Sons, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope features an ensignia of a shield, United States flag, Confederate flag, cannon and shells, buggle, and drum.

  • Envelope and subscription slip sent from Southern Bivouac published by the Home and Farm Publishing Company, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope features an ensignia of a shield, United States flag, Confederate flag, cannon and shells, buggle, and drum.

  • Envelope sent to Margaretha Meyer, Cincinnati, Ohio, from the German-language Louisville Volksblatt daily, semi-weekly & weekly newspaper and Sunday Paper Omnibus. Located at NE corner of Third and Market, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope names W. Krippenstapel as the proprietor.

  • Envelope sent to Rev. J. Ferguson, Willow Shade, Kentucky, from the Louisville Ledger, a daily and weekly newspaper. Envelope advertises the yearly subscriptions as $6 for the daily and $1 for the weekly. Located at 113 Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope sent from the Louisville Democrat newspaper, Third Street between Market and Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope sent from Home and Farm Publishing Company, publisher of Home and Farm newspaper, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope advertises that it is "The most widely circulated agricultural paper in the South" and the subscription is 50 cents per year.

  • Envelope sent from Home and Farm Publishing Company, publisher of Home and Farm newspaper, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope advertises that it is "The most widely circulated Agricultural Paper published" and the subscription is 50 cents per year.

  • Envelope and subscription receipt sent from Electra - The Magazine of the South and West, Room 3, Courier-Journal Building, Louisville, Kentucky. The letterhead describes the publication as "a literary monthly for homes and school" and names Annie E. Wilson and Isabella M. Leyburn as editors.

  • Envelope sent from the Daily and Weekly Democrat newspaper, Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope sent from the Converse & Co., publisher of the Christian Observer, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope advertises "The Oldest Religious Paper in the country. The Leading Paper of the Presbyterian Church in the Southern States. Unsurpassed as a Family Newspaper. One of the Best Mediums for Advertisers in the South. Terms $3 15 a year, (including postage.) Liberal inducements to canvassers."

  • Envelope sent from the Converse & Co. publisher of the Christian Observer, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope sent from the Converse & Co. publisher of the Christian Observer, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope sent from the Converse & Co. publisher of the Christian Observer, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope sent from the U.S. Christian Commission, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Yellow envelope sent to George C. Harris, Franklin, Kentucky, from the Masonic Temple, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • German-language postcard invitation sent to John T. Stier, cigar manufacturer, Louisville, Kentucky, from the Louisville Rifle Club No. 2. Charles Hartmetz is named as 2nd Riflemaster and Wendel Kratz as 1st Riflemaster. The invitation is for "a prize competition. . . to be held on Sunday, the 27th of September in the park next to the Water Works."

  • Envelope sent to Minnie Davidson, care of Mrs. Finlay, Palmyra, Indiana, from the Louisville Charity Organization Society located at Fourth and Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope sent from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Grand Lodge of Kentucky, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Business card for The Sportsman's Gun Club located at 520 Walnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The business card names E. D. Young as proprietor and Dan Harmon as manager. The back of the business card is printed with a poem titled "Woman."

  • Envelope sent to Sam Hutchings, Louisville, Kentucky, from Jefferson County Gun Club, 225 Fourth Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky.
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