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National Bee-Keepers Association/N.E. France Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of N.E. France of Platteville, Wisconsin, the general manager and treasurer of the National Bee-Keepers Association, in the form of a label for...
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Wisconsin Honey Farm, Label

Date: 1921
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Badger Brand Honey produced at the Wisconsin Honey Farm with the subheading "Where qu...
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J. Vandervort Letterhead

Date: 1884
Description: Letterhead from the office of J. Vandervort, Practicle Apiarist and Manufacturer of Comb Foundation Machines. Laceyville, PA., July 28 1884.
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Dr. Bodog F. Beck Moving Announcement — Bee Venom

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Description: A moving announcement from Dr. Bodog F. Beck. Announcing the removal of his office to 116 East 58th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues, New York Cit...
Postcard

"Buckwheat Cakes and Honey" Music Postcard

Date: 1907
Description: Music and lyrics to "Buckwheat Cakes and Honey." Portraits of Eugene Secor and George W. Work are at left and right at the top. In the center is an illustr...
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Cowan Memorial Library Bookplate

Date: 1928
Description: Bookplate from the Cowan Memorial Library presented to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries by the British Beekeepers Association 1928. The illustrati...
Book or Pamphlet

Walter Hagen Honey Center Golf Balls Pamphlet

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Description: Cover of a pamphlet advertising Walter Hagen Honey Center Golf Balls. Titled "Bees Buzz into Big Business." Printed in black, yellow, and white with illust...
Book or Pamphlet

Page from Walter Hagen Honey Center Golf Balls Pamphlet

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Description: Pages 2 and 3 from the Walter Hagen Honey Center Golf Balls Pamphlet. Black and yellow drawings of the tomb of king tut and a vessel of honey, and a man wo...
Book or Pamphlet

Pages from Walter Hagen Honey Center Golf Balls Pamphlet

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Description: Pages 4 and 5 of Walter Hagen Honey Center Golf Balls Pamphlet. Drawings of Hagen golf balls, one intact and one showing honey inside with bees surrounding...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

The Queen Beehive Advertisement

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Description: Newspaper advertisement for "The Queen Beehive." Sold by Atkinson and Barber, Indianapolis, Indiana. "The best and most roomy arrangement for fertilizing t...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Hubbard Bee Hive Advertisement

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Description: Newspaper clipping of an advertisement for the Hubbard Bee Hive illustrating contrasting types of beekeeping. The illustration is of two yards of beehives ...
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Wisconsin State Bee Keepers Association Membership Certificate

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Description: Wisconsin State Bee Keepers Association membership certificate, signed by N.E. France Association President. No. 148. Illustrations of clover flowers and b...
Book or Pamphlet

Cover of the Directory of Wisconsin State Beekeepers' Association, Inc.

Date: 07 1928
Description: Cover of the Directory of Wisconsin State Beekeepers' Association, Inc. Red and black illustration of "Badger Brand Honey" over an outline of the st...
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Advertising Trade Sample Card Bee Keeping

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Description: A colored illustration, featuring in the center a young girl standing by a modern bee hive and holding a smoker in her left hand. Her right hand is resting...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Mid Buzzing Bees Advertisement

Date: 1897
Description: Advertisement for the American Bee Journal from Chicago, Illinois found in Agricultural Advertising. There is a lined border around the text ...
Book or Pamphlet

Twine Talk: Deering Harvester Company Booklet

Date: 1902
Description: Front and back cover of a Deering Harvester Company brochure for twine. The cover reads: "The Original Spinners," and "The World's Greatest Spinners, Deeri...
Book or Pamphlet

Johnston Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1886
Description: Front and back cover of a catalog for harvesting machines. The cover features a color illustration of shocks of hay in a field surrounded by sun rays in th...
Poster

Be Union, Buy Label

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Description: Illustration of a bee heading towards a bee hive, which has a sign on it that reads: "Union Made Honey."

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