Front-page headline of the New York Times announcing eight White Sox players had been indicted for “fixing” the outcome of their World Series games against the Cincinnati RedsFront-page headline of the New York Times, Sep. 29, 1920, announcing eight White Sox players had been indicted for “fixing”…
G. Heileman brewery and the John Gund Brewing Company in the City Atlas of La CrosseDetail from pages nineteen and twenty-one of the 1898 City Atlas of La Crosse, Wisconsin, showing the location of the…
G. Heileman Brewing Company's and John Gund Brewing Company’s buildings in Rascher's Fire Insurance AtlasDetail from pages 28-30 of Rascher's Fire Insurance Atlas of the City of La Crosse and Surroundings (Chicago, IL: The…
G. Heileman Brewing Company's Old Style Lager brand bottled beer AdvertisementAdvertisement for the G. Heileman Brewing Company's Old Style Lager brand bottled beer. Wright’s Directory of La Crosse for 1907…
G. Heileman Brewing Company’s Golden Leaf brand bottled beer AdvertisementAdvertisement for the G. Heileman Brewing Company’s Golden Leaf brand bottled beer. From Philippi’s Directory of the City of La…
G. Heileman's City Brewery AdvertisementAdvertisement for G. Heileman's City Brewery. From Urban Publishing Company’s La Crosse City Directory for the Years 1885-1886 (La Crosse,…
German-language Advertisement for the Davenport Malting CompanyIn 1902, the year of Oscar Koehler’s death, the Davenport Malting Company took out a full-page German-language advertisement in the…
Griesedieck Brothers Brewery Company’s light lager bottled beer advertisementAdvertisement for Griesedieck Brothers Brewery Company’s light lager bottled beer. The advertisement presented beer as a healthy, nutritious beverage. Lager…
Griesedieck, Joseph’s naturalization papersJoseph Griesedieck’s naturalization papers, April 15, 1889
Gruen Advice to Dealer RepairmenAt the start of his career, Dietrich Gruen worked as a watch repairman. In the 1920s, his company published a…
Gruen Military WatchesWristwatches became a masculine accessory during World War I. By 1916, it had become fashionable for all men to wear…
Gruen Watches AdvertisementMarketing the Gruen image was an important part of Frederick Gruen’s leadership of the company. In 1911, he hired the…
Gruen, Dietrich, PatentDuring his time as a watch repairman in Delaware, Ohio, Dietrich Gruen developed an improved center pinion for watches. Gruen’s…
Humboldt Medical College DiplomaHumboldt Medical College Diploma, ca. 1868. From James Moores Ball, “Dr. Adam Hammer, Surgeon and Apostle of Higher Medical Education,”…
Illinois Iron Works advertisementIllinois Iron Works advertisement from John C.W. Bailey’s Business Directory of Chicago Volume 10 (John C.W. Bailey, 1867), 74.
Illinois Iron Works advertisement for iron railingsIllinois Iron Works Advertisement from Edwards’ Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies and Manufacturing Establishments, Business, Business firms,…
J. Walter Thompson Co. House AdvertisementIn this 1919 edition of Printer’s Ink, an advertising trade magazine, the J. Walter Thompson Co. discusses their approach to…
John Gund Brewing Company AdvertisementAdvertisement for the John Gund Brewing Company. From Urban Publishing Company’s La Crosse City Directory for the Years 1885-1886 (La…
