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  • Envelope sent from the Commercial Club, sponsor of Homecoming Week for Kentuckians in Louisville on June 13-17, 1906.

  • 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.

  • Letter sent to Neville C. Bullitt, Louisville, Kentucky, from The Louisville Times, Louisville, Kentucky. The letter is an apology for missing a banquet. The letterhead features a newspaper boy holding up a newspaper. The cover reads "largest circulation of any afternoon paper in the South."

  • Envelope sent to Orcutt Seed & Plant Co., San Diego, California, from The Louisville Evening Post, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope features an image of a newspaper carrier running and holding up a newspaper.

  • Envelope sent from C. Stanley Freville, 3221 River Park Drive, Louisville, Kentucky to Frank Hamel, Crafton and Company, Coptic House, 51 Great Russell Street, London, W.C.1, England. The envelope was printed for the Herald-Post, Louisville, Kentucky, and features an image of the Herald-Post building facade.

  • Envelope sent from Woods, Stubbs & Co. seedsmen located at 219-221 East Jefferson Street, Louisville Ky.

  • Envelope sent from W.E. Hess & Co. sellers of hay and grain located at S.E. corner of Thirteenth and Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. The return address block includes an image of the company building.

  • Envelope sent to M.D. & J.W. Hayden & Co., Lewisport, Kentucky, from Southern Feed & Grain Co., Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope notes that the Company is part of the Feed Department of the Southern Seed Company, and owners of Beargrass Elevator. Products advertised are corn, oats, molasses feeds, poultry feeds, fertilizer, and mill feed.

  • Envelope sent to S. R. Stephens, Preston, Georgia, from Louisville Fertilizer Co., Nashville, Tennessee. The envelope design features a bald eagle logo with the text "Eagle Brand

  • Envelope sent to J. T. Mustain, Horse Cave, Kentucky, from B.F. Avery & Sons, Louisville, Kentucky, manufacturers of plows, planters, cultivators, harrows. The envelope features a lithograph image of an Avery machine.

  • Invoice sent from Southern Molasses and Coffee Co., located at 110 N. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky, to Gobber & Lukenmeier, Frankfort, Kentucky. The letterhead design includes an image of two Black laborers harvesting sugar cane. The invoice names I. H. Mossbarger as President, J. A. Botts as Vice-President, E. B. Hahn as Secretary and Treasurer, and W. C. Mossbarger as General Manager.

  • Envelope sent from M. De Sopo & Co. seller of fruits and vegetables located at 202 and 204 East Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The back of the envelope advertises that the company was established in 1887.

  • Envelope sent from Knadler & Lucas, Louisville, Kentucky, makers of pickles, sauces, catsup, kraut, and vinegar. The back of the envelope features four lithograph images of bottles.

  • Unsent color postcard from Hirsch Bros. & Co. makers of pickles and other condiments located at southwest corner of 14th Street and Grayson Street in Louisville, Kentucky. The postcard design is of workers in the bottling department of Hirsch's pickle factory.

  • Color credit postcard sent from Hirsch Bros. & Co. makers of pickles and other condiments. Located at SW corner of 14th & Grayson Streets in Louisville. The postcard design is of workers in the bottling department of Hirsch's pickle factory.

  • Envelopes and letters sent to S. A. Leopold, Boston, Louisiana, from Hirsch Bros. & Co., about Leopold's debt. Hirsch Bros. & Co. is listed as located at southwest corner of 14th & Grayson Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. The letterhead advertises the company as manufacturers of vinegar, cider, sauce, catsup, and mustard. Images on the letterhead shows the factory buildings in Louisville and Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The envelopes feature an image of a bottle of Hirsch's Worcester Sauce.

  • Envelope sent to First National Bank, Alexandria, Virginia, from Hirsch Bros. & Co, located at southwest corner of 14th & Grayson Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope advertises vinegar, cider, sauce, catsup, and mustard.

  • Envelope sent to Richardson Drug Co., Omaha, Nebraska, from California Fig Syrup's Eastern Department located at the corner of 13th Street and Lexington Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope names George A. Newman as the general agent and includes an image of a fig tree branch.

  • Invoice for Goebber & Lutkmeier's purchase of tomatoes and peas from E. Engelhard & Sons wholesale grocers and liquor dealers, located at 834 and 836 West Main Street between 8th and 9th Streets, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Advertisement pamphlet printed by Herndon, Carter Co. Country Produce. The back of the pamphlet features a photograph of the company's warehouse with eighteen feet of water from a flood on April 2, 1913.
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