BALDWIN & GLEASON 1896 “McKINLEY PRINTS” ORDER INQUIRY.
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Auction #200 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1186 in auction 200
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Item Description
8.25x11”. Letterhead reads “Baldwin & Gleason Co. Ltd./Engravers And Printers On Celluloid/Process Patented.” Letter is dated Oct. 27, 1896 to a company in Canton, Ohio (home of McKinley’s Front Porch Campaign). Letter content reads “Dear Sir: Referring To Our Letter Of Oct. 5th May We Inquire As To Your Decision Regarding McKinley Prints On Which We Made You Quotation. We Should Be Pleased To Fill Your Order For These Or Anything Else In Our Line You May Need, And Awaiting The Favor Of Your Early Reply. Remain, Yours Very Truly, Baldwin & Gleason Co., Ltd.” Company pioneered in celluloid-covered lapel studs and then produced many graphic pinbacks for 1896. Three fold lines. Fine.
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