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Jacob Johnson & Co. Letterhead

Jacob Johnson & Co. Letterhead | Print | Wisconsin Historical Society
Letterhead of Jacob Johnson & Company of Bayfield, Wisconsin, a wholesale dealer in fresh and saltwater Lake Superior Fish. Features a cartoon of a man wearing a hat, jacket, and plaid pants tucked into buttoned-up boots, who is smoking a pipe, walking down a log that extends into a lake, and trying to catch some fish with his bare hands. Another man wearing a top hat, coat, and trousers stands on the shore, smoking, and looking on. The caption to one side reads, "If you cannot get any of them place your order with" Jacob Johnson & Co. [main text of letterhead]. Company officials are listed across the top of the page.
DESCRIPTION
Letterhead of Jacob Johnson & Company of Bayfield, Wisconsin, a wholesale dealer in fresh and saltwater Lake Superior Fish. Features a cartoon of a man wearing a hat, jacket, and plaid pants tucked into buttoned-up boots, who is smoking a pipe, walking down a log that extends into a lake, and trying to catch some fish with his bare hands. Another man wearing a top hat, coat, and trousers stands on the shore, smoking, and looking on. The caption to one side reads, "If you cannot get any of them place your order with" Jacob Johnson & Co. [main text of letterhead]. Company officials are listed across the top of the page.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:88309
Creation Date:
Creator Name:Unknown
City:Bayfield
County:Bayfield
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Letterhead collection, circa 1850s-1975
Genre:Print
Original Format Type:prints, photomechanical
Original Format Number:PH 4908.10
Original Dimensions:8.375 x 2.375
SUBJECTS
Fishes
Trees
Coats
Hats
Fish as food
Men
Fishing
Outdoor life
Smoking
Lakes
Shorelines
Ephemera

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