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  • Envelope sent to C. E. Hartung & Company, New York, from A. Domeck & Co. Importers of Manufacturers of Human Hair Goods, located at 105 Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope, letter, and certificate of registration sent to E. T. Brown, Ft. Sheridan, Illinois, from John B. Castleman, president of the American Saddle-Horse Breeders Association located at no 611 Columbia Building, 4th and Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope, letter, and certificate include a lithograph of a horse. The certificate of registration is for a horse named Sheridan, foaled in 1903.

  • Envelope sent to W. A. Shields, Victoria, Australia, from the Seelbach Hotel located at Fourth and Walnut Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. The back of the envelope features color illustration advertisement for the Kentucky State Fair, held on September 12-17, 1927.

  • Envelope sent from from publisher Bible Revision Rooms located at the corner of Walnut and Fourth Streets, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope sent to Major John Caperton, Grand Hotel, San Francisco, California, from the Western Recorder, Room No. 6, Mozart Building, Corner of Fourth and Jefferson Streets, Second Floor, Louisville, Kentucky.

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

  • Envelope sent from J.L. Staib & Co. wholesale fruit and produce comission merchants, located at 124-126 Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope sent to C. E. Hartung & Company, New York, from Hogan & Duteil Wholesale & Retail dealers in Human Hair Goods. Located at 85 Fourth Street.

  • Letter sent from A. Duteil Importer & Manufacturer of Human Hair Work, 85 Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky, to supplier C. E. Hartung & Company in New York City, requesting an order. The backside of the letterhead advertises many manufacturers, wholesale merchants, and professionals.

  • Envelope sent to Lillie Hadley, Moundsville, West Virginia, from the Seelbach Hotel located at Fourth and Walnut Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Envelope features color illustration of the hotel facade by Courier-Journal

  • Envelope sent from Hogan & Duteil, human hair work, located at 85 Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Two envelopes sent to Thomas N. Lindsay, Frankfort, Kentucky, from Fitch & Lindsey manufacturers of picture frames, looking glasses, etc. Also notes that they're 'Dealers in Fine Art'. Located at 75 Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The first envelope includes an image of the factory.

  • Invoice from St. Bernard Mining Co. -- Coal and Coke. Located in Louisville at 607 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope sent from Hegan Brothers "Artists in Interior Decorations" located at 348 Fourth Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Factory located at the corner of Ninth and Jefferson Streets. The envelope notes that the company was established in 1837.

  • Postcard sent to Mortgan Machine Co., Rochester, New York, from Barrel and Box, Information Bureau Department, Columbia Building, Fourth and Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky.The postcard message reads, "A.K. McLean, 80 McLarren St., Ottawa, Canada, is going to build a box factory. You may be able to sell him som machinery."

  • Envelope sent to A.F. Merrill & Co., East Eddington, Me., from Barrel and Box, Columbia Building, Fourth and Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope names E. H. Defebauch as publisher and advertises the company as "devoted to the box, cooperage, pail, stave, heading & hoop interests."

  • Envelope sent from the Commercial Club located in the Columbia Building located at Fourth and Main Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Envelope features a lithograph image of building facade on envelope recto and verso includes statistics on the city of Louisville.

  • Envelope sent from Moise Barbour & Co., Commission Merchants, Hay and Grain Dealers, located at 44 and 46 Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope and letter sent to E. W. Bedinger, Anchorage, Kentucky, from First Presybterian Church Treasurer George W. Constance. The letter discusses the church's payment for the 1887 "Syndodical Evangelistic Work." The letter and envelope were printed for W.E. Ambrose Dry Goods located at 352 Fourth Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky.
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