Letterhead for John Merkle & Sons, marble and granite monuments, No.214 Bridge Street, Peoria, Illinois, dated September 13, 1888

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1888-09-13

GUSN

GUSN-242902

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
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Building materials - Stone - Folder 2
Letterhead for John Merkle & Sons, marble and granite monuments, No.214 Bridge Street, Peoria, Illinois, dated September 13, 1888
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Building materials
    - Stone
      - Building materials - Stone - Folder 2
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        Letterhead for John Merkle & Sons, marble and granite monuments, No.214 Bridge Street, Peoria, Illinois, dated September 13, 1888 (current record)

Description

The letterhead shows a monument as the image for the Merkle business.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
building materials
marble (rock)
granite (rock)
monuments
headstones (tombstones)
letterheads

Physical Description

1 letterhead : illustration ; 11 x 8 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.015.03.02.013

Image Dimensions

11 x 8 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Greg Smart, December 1999.

Places

Peoria (Peoria county, Illinois)

Record Details

Material Type

letterheads

Description Level

Item

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