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  1. 37_2_010 - Receipt

    Fairhope Courier Receipt for printing dinner tickets, invitations and Fairhope song sheets for the Anniversary Dinner Committee. Signed "CMG" - Clara Mershon Gaston. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives,

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    37_2_010
  2. 43_07_001-002 - Flyer

    Flyer for the Mann Press Company advertising the Mann Hand Cylinder Press - the "Nearest Approach to Perfection in country newspaper work yet attained." c 1890. Includes testimonials and price list. Fairhope Industrial Association (and later Fairhope Single Tax Corporation) members T. E. Mann and L.C. Mann were partners in this business. Their father Shuah S. Mann was a founder of the Fairhope Colony. Information supplied by Alison Holt Kn...

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    43_07_001
  3. 43_08_001 - Flyer

    Flyer, c. 1890, advertising the Mann's Gas Engine: Power for All Purposes. Manufactured by the Mann Press Company in Gladbrook, Iowa. Fairhope Industrial Association (and later Fairhope Single Tax Corporation) members T. E. Mann and L. C. Mann were partners in this business. Their father Shuah S. Mann was a founder of the Fairhope Colony. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Mann Collection, courtesy of Alison Holt Knight.

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    43_08_001
  4. 43_11_001-002 - Business Card

    Business card c. 1890 of the Mann Press Company, manufacturer of the Mann Hand Cylinder Press, printers' goods and complete newspaper outfits. The business, founded in 1881, was located in Gladbrook, Iowa, touted its machines were "superbly built" and printed "neatly and easily." Fairhope Industrial Association (and later Fairhope Single Tax Corporation) members T. E. Mann and L. C. Mann were partners in this family business. Their father Sh...

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    43_11_001
  5. 43_12_001-002 - Business Card

    Business card and tag c. 1890 of the Mann Press Company, manufacturer of the Mann Hand Cylinder Press, printers' goods and complete newspaper outfits. The business, founded in 1881, was located in Gladbrook, Iowa. There is a hole punched in this card so it can be used a tag. Fairhope Industrial Association (and later Fairhope Single Tax Corporation) members T. E. Mann, A. R. Mann and L. C. Mann were partners in this family business. Their fa...

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    43_12_001
  6. 43_13_001 - Letter

    Letter dated February 6, 1958 written by Cato F. Mann in Des Moines, Iowa to Earle B. Holman in Antigo, Wisconsin. The letter had been forwarded to Cato Mann from the editor of the Tama Northern newspaper in Gladbrook, Iowa. Cato Mann, son of T. E. Mann, is answering Holman's questions about the Mann Press Company run by brothers L. C. Mann and T. E. Mann and the mens' accomplishments. Lee Count Mann (L. C. Mann) invented a gasoline engine a...

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    43_13_001
  7. iv.3.27 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from Graham Delchamps dated January 4, 1897. Received money order for $5.20 to be placed on credit for the Fairhope Association. Graham & Delchamps was a printing company in Mobile.

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  8. iv.3.28 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from Graham Delchamps regarding printing a 24 X 48 page paper of 8 pages. The price given was $6.20 for 1,000 copies and $4.10 for 500 copies.

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    iv.3.28
  9. v.3.66 - Invoice

    Invoice from Southern Printers' Warehouse of New Orleans for a medium job roller and 1 bottle of inkoleum $1.50.

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    v.3.66
  10. v.3.71-72 - Letter

    Letter from Clemens Gerhard who requested Fairhope Couriers for Edw. Seidel, James Smith, and B. J. Abason and requested stopping Theo. J. Gerhard's subscription. He showed an example of his work on the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan letterhead. He offers the services of his company. He is a pressman by trade and willing to do it for cost. He notes the poor print quality of the Fairhope Courier and suggests ways of improving the q...

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    v.3.71-72

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