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Imperial Guano

January 10, 2011 Amy McDonald

It’s National Letter Writing Week—and the RBMSCL has no shortage of letters, be they handwritten, typed, telegraphed, or e-mailed. We’re going to celebrate with some great examples of letterhead from our collections!

Imperial Guano Company Letterhead

From the A. J. Parker and Benjamin J. Parker papers, 1840-1895 and undated.




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