1900 – Advertising packet sent to a postmaster promising to provide “premium” gifts if he provided a list of names and addresses to a mail-order patent medicine business
Racine, Wisconsin: 1900. Envelope or Cover. This advertising packet for “The Dr. Shoop Family Medicine Co.” of Racine, Wisconsin includes a cover letter, unused mailing list form, a “Premium List” pamphlet showing possible rewards, a Premium order blank, and the original mailing envelope. The envelope was sent to the Postmaster..... More