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American Federation of Labor Broadside

 Collection — Folder: VFM 3988
Identifier: MSS 6547
Scope and Contents This collection includes a broadside that encourages workers to join the American Federation of Labor and invites them to their next meeting at Woodman Hall in Warren, Ohio.
Dates: 1919

Bicycle Races Broadside

 Collection — Folder: VFM 4237
Identifier: MSS 6773
Scope and Contents This collection includes a broadside listing prizes to be given at a series of bicycle races, likely to take place in Oberlin, Ohio.Tickets were available at Comings' Bookstore (in operation 1888-1959).
Dates: undated

Charles Mullen Auction Notice

 Collection — Folder: VFM 3748
Identifier: MSS 6323
Scope and Contents This collection includes an auction notice for a stock of groceries to be sold at 7 o'clock on December 29, 1873 in Eaton, Ohio.
Dates: 1873

Congress of Industrial Organizations collection

 Collection — Folder: VFM 4323
Identifier: MSS 6848
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of six publicity items from the Congress of Industrial Organizations (C.I.O.) and related organizations regarding organizing workers. It includes a flyer from the communist party concerning a demonstration in Cleveland against the Wall Street N.R.A., another from the local Communist Party calling on Cleveland residents to support the steel strike, a flyer encouraging readers to subscribe to The Sunday Worker, as well as three responses from steel companies to the...
Dates: 1935-1949

C.P. Gailey Proclamation

 Collection — Folder: VFM 3898
Identifier: MSS 6468
Scope and Contents This collection includes a proclamation from the mayor of Marion, Ohio, (C.P. Gailey) requesting the people of Marion meet at city hall on July 30, 1855, to mourn the death of President Ulysses S. Grant.
Dates: 1885

Daniel Flanagan and Ben P. Runkle Announcement

 Collection — Folder: VFM 4193
Identifier: MSS 6735
Scope and Contents This collection includes an announcement from Daniel Flanagan and Ben P. Runkle stating that they have purchased the office of the Union in Urbana, Ohio. They also stated that they would begin publishing the newspaper and perform job printing.
Dates: 1873

E. Rauch Announcement

 Collection — Folder: VFM 4202
Identifier: MSS 6741
Scope and Contents This collection includes an announcement from E. Rauch, a photographer in Lancaster, Ohio. Rauch announced that he had left Mr. Borah's establishment and set up his own gallery in partnership with M.J. Braddock of New Lexington.
Dates: 1873

Elisha Whittlesey and Company Announcement

 Collection — Folder: VFM 3985
Identifier: MSS 6544
Scope and Contents This collection includes an announcement of the establishment of a Toledo Land Agency, lead by Elisha Whittlesey and Company, to take charge of and sell lands in northern Ohio, southern Michigan, and northern Indiana; correspondence with European states will be opened and emigrants "advised of the best mode to arrive at their places of destination."
Dates: 1845

Germantown Joint Stock Company collection

 Collection — Folder: VFM 4245
Identifier: MSS 6781
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of an advertisement that announces the sale on February 21, 1865, of the "Mammoth Caboose" owned by the Germantown Joint Stock Company. At the bottom of the advertisement is a note that the company intends to enter into the petroleum business.
Dates: 1865

Grant and Wilson Club Broadside

 Collection — Folder: VFM 4263
Identifier: MSS 6798
Scope and Contents This collection includes a broadside concerning the formation of a club to support Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson's Republican candidacy for United States President and Vice President. The broadside suggests a meeting at the school house in Girad, Ohio.
Dates: 1872