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  • Envelope from the Alexander's Hotel located at the corner of Main and Eighth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Envelope lists J.B. Alexander & Co. Proprietors. 745 West Main Street.

  • Envelope sent from W. B. Godfry, New Albany, Indiana, to Sarah Godfrey Smith, Iowa. The envelope is printed with a lithograph of Alexander's Hotel and the hotel's return address, located at Jefferson Street, opposite the Court House in Louisville,

  • Envelope and letter to John W. Blue, Darlington, Indiana, from Jules ? describing their travel plans from Louisville, Kentucky, to Darlington. addressed from the Alexander's Hotel located at the corner of Main and Eighth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Envelope lists J.B. Alexander & Co. Proprietors. 745 West Main Street.

  • Envelope and letter from Elmer G. Lawrence to his unnamed wife detailing his travel plans and sending a check. The envelope return address is Simons, Hatch & Whitten envelope, located at 1 Winthrop Square and 18-32 Otis Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The letter was written on letterhead from the Alexander's Hotel located at the corner of Main and Eighth Street, Louisville, Kentucky, to . Envelope lists J.B. Alexander & Co. Proprietors. 745 West Main Street.

  • Envelope and letter sent from attorney Lafon Allen, 317 5th Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope sent to Henry Chapman Jr., 1348 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from H.J. Leszinsky, Southern Department, Alligator Long Waist Pants, 615 West Broadway (formerly 211 Seventh Street), Louisville, Kentucky. Envelope features a lithographic image of an alligator wearing the advertised "long waist" pants.

  • Envelope and letter sent to Ben Clarkson, Jr., Big Spring, Kentucky, from Philip E. Allison, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope and letterhead are printed for Huber & Allison typewriter, cyclostyle, Bicycles, Tricycles, and Cycling Sundries located at 448 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Letter is typescript and features lithograph images of men and women cycling.

  • Envelope and bill of sale sent from Altsheler & Co., importers and wholesale grocers located at 839 and 841 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Envelope includes advertisement text for Butcher's Lard on verso of envelope.

  • Envelope sent to Patrick Griffin, Corydon, Indiana, from the American Accident Company of Louisville, located at 338 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Receipt postcard sent from American Grocery Co. wholesale grocers and provision dealers to J. T. Mercer, Milltown, Kentucky.

  • Rceipt sent to S. J. Evans, Edith, Kentucky, from the American Sunday School Union for various publications. Located at 1122 Chestnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Invoice for two ovens purchased by Henderson Gas Works, Henderson, Kentucky, from Anchor Stove & Range Co. (successors to Terstegge, Gohmann & Co., established 1865), located at 728 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The top left of the invoices features a birds-eye-view of the Anchor Foundry located at Bank Street and Upper Fourth Street, New Albany, Indiana.

  • Yellow envelope sent from Anderson, Hancock, & Co. Pork-Packers, Provision Dealers, and Curers of the Paragon Ham located at 14, 16, 18 Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky, to a grocer in New Albany, Indiana.

  • Envelope sent from Andrew Cowan located at 155 Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Original return address block reads "James E. Mooney" but is scratched out with pen and "Andrew Cowan" is added in hand lettering.

  • Envelope sent from Andrew Cowan located at 421-423 Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope (blank, never mailed) from Andrew Cowan located at 421-423 Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope sent from Andrew Cowan located at 421-423 Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky, to Dodge Manufacturing Corporation, Mishawaka, Indiana.

  • Envelope and two page letter sent by J. F. ? to Katy ? of Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope and letter are on paper printed for the Arlington Hotel, located at the corner of Twelfth and Main Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. W. T. Grant is named as the proprietor of the hotel.

  • Advertisment for Arthur Peter & Co's Paas Easter Egg Dyes, located in Louisville, Kentucky. The design focuses on an Easter Bunny painting an oversized egg while smoking a pipe. Text below the scene reads "Brer Rabbit, he say, 'use de Paas Egg Dye.'"

  • Envelope sent from the Attorneys Mercantile Agency Co., 204-205 Union National Bank Building, 542 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
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