Summary Information
Blatz Brewing Company Records
1862-1944
UWM Manuscript Collection 132
- 9.6 cubic ft. (12 boxes)
- 327 volumes
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)
The majority of the collection consists of over three hundred
accounting books that document the financial history of the Valentin Blatz Brewing Company.
Most of the records are from the 1880s through the early 1920s, although some date as early
as 1862 and as late as 1944. A variety of records are included in the collection, such as
general ledgers and journals, cash books, inventory books, and cash customer journals. The
records trace the history of the brewery, the bottling plant, various branches, and Valentin
Blatz's Estate. The Blatz collection documents the company's rapid growth in the late
nineteenth century, the sale of the business in 1890, the disposition of the Valentin Blatz
estate, and the impact of the Prohibition movement. There is also extensive information
pertaining to the beer bottling industry, including data about finances, vendors, customers,
productions, product development, and sales. The records also demonstrate the complicated
network of branches and depots that was in place as early as the 1880s.
English
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Biography/History
Valentin Blatz
Valentin Blatz was born on October 1, 1826, in Miltenberg am Main, Bavaria. The son of a
local brewer, Caspar Blatz and his wife Barbara, he attended school until age fourteen at
which time he began an apprenticeship in his father's business. In 1844 Blatz began an
extended tour of some of Europe's greatest breweries where he spent his time learning new
techniques and the latest in brewing technology until, at age twenty-one, he was forced to
return home in order to fulfill his military obligation in the army. However, his father,
a prominent community leader, obtained a substitute to serve in his place and shortly
thereafter, like thousands of his countrymen, Valentin Blatz left Bavaria for the United
States. Landing in New York City in August 1848, Blatz found work almost immediately at
the Born Brewery in Buffalo, New York.
Blatz remained in Buffalo for approximately one year after which time he journeyed west
to Milwaukee. Arriving in 1849, he found work as the foreman (some sources say brewmaster)
at John Braun's Cedar Brewery that had been established in 1846. It was a small operation,
employing only a few workmen and capable of producing approximately 150 barrels of beer
annually. The brewery's storage capacity was said to be only 80 barrels. Blatz worked for
Braun and boarded at his home until 1851, when, after having saved $500, he purchased half
of a city lot and began his own brewing business.
Around the time that Blatz was establishing his own brewery, John Braun was killed
suddenly after being thrown from his horse-drawn wagon while on a trip selling beer. He
left a son, John, and a wife, Louise, who was pregnant with the couple's second child. In
December of 1851 Blatz married Braun's widow and adopted her infant child (also named
Louise) who was born after Braun's death. Blatz also raised his late employer's son John
as his own. Although he was never formally adopted, John Braun became known generally
around Milwaukee as "John Blatz." Valentin and Louise (Braun) Blatz also had five children
of their own: four sons; Albert, Emil, Valentin Jr., and Louis (who died at a young age);
and one daughter, Alma.
The marriage allowed Blatz to acquire Braun's small brewery and combine it with his own
operation, which he named City Brewery. This formed the basis of what would eventually
become one of the largest and most prominent breweries in Milwaukee. Blatz was widely
acknowledged to be the first of the great Milwaukee brewers to establish a reputation
outside Wisconsin, the first to begin developing a national distribution network, and the
first to establish a bottling plant in connection with his brewery. During its early years
of development, the Blatz brewery reportedly out-paced both the Pabst and Schlitz
operations.
Blatz operated his business as a single proprietorship until 1889 when it was
incorporated as the Val. Blatz Brewing Company with a capital stock of 21 $2,000,000.
Officers of the new corporation were Valentin Blatz, president; Albert C. Blatz, vice
president; John Kremer (a son-in-law), secretary; and Val. Blatz, Jr., superintendent. The
company was quietly sold in 1891 to a group of British and American investors incorporated
as the United States Brewing Company and known variously as the "English Syndicate" or the
"Chicago Syndicate." The sale reportedly netted Blatz (who was himself a member of the
syndicate) and his family $3,000,000 and left them in full control of the local
operation.
Three years later, on May 26, 1894, Valentin Blatz died suddenly while staying at the
Hotel Ryan in St. Paul, Minnesota, on his return from a trip to California, where he
vacationed and attended a midwinter exposition. Ironically, it was a journey that he had
reportedly postponed several times because of a premonition that he would not return to
Milwaukee alive. A newspaper reported at the time that it was only because of his wife's
deteriorating health that he agreed to go to California where they could spend part of the
winter in a milder climate. At the time of his death at age sixty-eight, Blatz was
regarded as one of Milwaukee's wealthiest men, with an estate estimated at between
$6,000,000 and $8,000,000. Throughout his life Blatz was a generous man. In his will he
not only left thousands of dollars to more than a dozen local charities, hospitals,
orphanages, and homes for the aged, but also provided for the four children (Cora, Selma,
Elsie, and John) of his late step-son "John Blatz." He was survived by his wife, Louise,
who was with him in St. Paul; three sons, Albert, Emil, and Valentin, Jr.; and two
daughters, Louise (Mrs. John) Kremer and Alma (Mrs. Gustav) Kletzsch. He was interred in
Milwaukee's Forest Home Cemetery.
Throughout his life, Blatz had been active in community affairs. He was a lifelong member
of the Milwaukee Musical Society and belonged to a host of other groups, including the
Milwaukee Old Settlers Society, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.), the
Aurora Lodge of Freemasons, The Arion Club, the Frei Gemeinde, the Liederkranz Society,
the Germania Maennerchor of Chicago, the Eichenkranz Maennerchor of New York, several
local Turnverein Societies, and--reportedly one of his favorite haunts--the West Side Old
Settlers Bowling Club. In 1866 he became the first president of the Merchants National
Bank, and in 1868 he was elected President of the Second Ward Savings Bank, a position he
held until his death. Blatz was a member of the Milwaukee Brewers Association and the
Chamber of Commerce, and also belonged to an influential committee of local businessmen
who organized the Milwaukee Industrial Exposition in 1879. Blatz, who became an American
citizen in 1855, was elected for a single term as a Milwaukee city alderman in 1882
After Blatz's death, the brewery was operated by two of his sons, Albert C. and Val.
Blatz, Jr., and John Kremer, a son-in-law. The United States Brewing Company, which
purchased the brewery in 1891, owned and operated it until the onset of national
prohibition in 1920.
The Blatz Chronology that follows traces the development of the brewing company and
provides some context for understanding the records that are 22 included in this
collection. The information was collected primarily from published secondary sources,
newspaper accounts, and summaries of government inspection reports. Some of the figures
pertaining to the number of employees is approximate, as are some of the production
totals. For example, evidence suggests that much of the work at the brewery was seasonal
in nature and it is not clear whether the employee totals represent the peak employment,
the average number of employees during a given year, or the number that were employed at
the time the information was gathered. Likewise, there is some question whether the
production figures represent the total production capacity of the brewery at that time or
the number of barrels actually produced during a given year. But even with these
limitations, the Chronology gives a good sense of the growth of the Blatz Brewing Company
during the period of time encompassed by the records in this collection.
| 1840 |
Valentin Blatz begins an apprenticeship in his father's brewery at Miltenberg am
Main in Bavaria.
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| 1844 |
Blatz embarks on a four-year tour of the celebrated breweries of Europe, at which
time he learns their methods and procedures.
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| 1846 |
John Braun opens the Cedar Brewery in Milwaukee. The annual output is 80
barrels.
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| 1848 |
Blatz immigrates to the United States, settling in Buffalo where he finds work at
the Born Brewery.
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| 1849 |
Blatz moves to Milwaukee and accepts a position as foreman at John Braun's Cedar
Brewery.
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| 1851 |
Valentin Blatz opens a brewery, on half of a city lot, a short distance away from
Braun's Cedar Brewery. John Braun is killed in an accident in March. Valentin Blatz
takes over Braun's brewery, and merges it with his own. The combined brewery, called
City Brewery, and it has an annual output of 350-500 barrels.
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| 1861 |
Blatz's City Brewery reportedly produced 8,000 bottles of beer.
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| 1868 |
Expansion of facilities begins at the City Brewery to include a new malt house,
malt-kiln building, and ice house. The annual output at this time is reported to be
15,000 barrels.
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| 1871 |
The Blatz brewery produced approximately 34,000 barrels of beer annually.
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| 1873 |
American brewers begin to use pasteurization in the production
of their beer. This process allows the beer to be preserved for longer periods,
adding to the "shelf life" of the beer. Pasteurization also allows for beer to be
transported over longer distances.
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| 1873 |
Valentin Blatz rebuilds. A fire heavily damages part of the brewery. The
brewery's annual output increases to 44,689 barrels.
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| 1875 |
According to some accounts, Blatz's City Brewery opens the first bottling plant
in Milwaukee. The brewery's annual output is reported to be 64,000 barrels.
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| 1876 |
Valentin Blatz's beer is awarded the "highest premium" at the Centennial
Exposition in Philadelphia. 23 Milwaukee. The brewery's annual output is reported to
be 64,000 barrels.
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| 1877 |
Blatz's City Brewery has a capital of $600,000 and employs 124 people in
Milwaukee. The company has established branches and depots in Chicago, IL; Danville,
IL; Muskegon, MI; New York City; Racine, WI; and St. Paul, MN.
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| 1878 |
The management of Valentin Blatz's bottling plant is given over to a Milwaukee
company, Torchiani & Kremer, and is located one block away from the Blatz brewery
in Milwaukee.
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| 1881 |
The Blatz City Brewery employs approximately 100 workers and has an annual output
of more than 100,000 barrels. The company has established new branches and depots in
Boston, MA; Charleston, SC; Memphis, TN; New Orleans, LA; and Savannah, GA.
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| 1885 |
The Blatz City Brewery employs 300 workers and produced 155,000 barrels of beer
annually.
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| 1886 |
Blatz's City Brewery employs 300 people in Milwaukee and ships products to every
state in the union.
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| 1888 |
The Blatz City Brewery produces 200,000 barrels of beer during the year.
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| 1889 |
On September 28, the Blatz City Brewery is incorporated as the Val. Blatz Brewing
Company. The company produces five types of beer: Tivoli, Imperial, Wiener, Private
Stock, and Muenchener.
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| 1890 |
A new law permits beer to be produced and bottled in the same
building. Later that year, the Internal Revenue Act is changed to allow brewers to
run pipelines directly from their brewing tanks to a bottling plant. Prior to these
new laws, brewers sold their beer in wooden barrels to private bottlers or directly
to retail outlets, like taverns, and were taxed on each barrel that they
sold.
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| 1891 |
Val. Blatz Brewing Company is sold for $3 million to a London investment group
known as the "English Syndicate", doing business as the United States Brewing Company.
Valentin Blatz continues to run the brewery, which has an annual output of between
250,000 and 300,000 barrels of beer.
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| 1892 |
The crown cap is invented. This allows for a crown shaped metal
cap to be locked on top of the bottle to form a gas tight seal. One year after the
crown cap was invented, the Crown Cork and Seal Co. began production of an
inexpensive and reliable crown cap. Soon, this would become an industry
standard.
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| 1892 |
Val. Blatz Brewing Company employs 500 people in Milwaukee. Its annual production
capacity is reported to be 600,000 barrels of beer, although less than that is
actually produced.
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| 1893 |
Blatz is the only beer on tap in the German restaurants at the Chicago World's
Fair.
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| 1893 |
Val. Blatz Brewing Company is run entirely on electricity. The actual annual
output of the brewery increases to approximately 365,000 barrels.
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| 1894 |
On May 26, Valentin Blatz dies at the age of 68 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The
estimated value of his estate is $6 million at the time of his death. The new
management structure at the Val. Blatz Brewing Company includes Albert Blatz as
president, Valentin Blatz Jr. as vice president
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| 1917 |
Milwaukee brewers begin to develop non-alcoholic beer.
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| 1917 |
The Val. Blatz Brewing Co. produces a "near beer" called Brewette Temperance
Beer.
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| 1920 |
The Eighteenth Amendment goes into effect, outlawing the
manufacturing and sale of any beverage with more than .5% alcohol in it.
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| 1920 |
The Val. Blatz Brewing Co. starts to rely on their non-alcoholic products for
their main source of income. These products include Brewette Temperance Beer, Blatz
Root Beer, Blatz Ginger Ale, and For-U Temperance Beer.
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| 1933 |
Congress repeals the Eighteenth Amendment.
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| 1933 |
The Val. Blatz Brewing Company is reopened by Edward Landsberg, Frank Gabel, and
August L. Klein. Later that year, they change the name to Blatz Brewing Co.
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| 1935 |
Blatz Brewing Co. begins selling beer in cans.
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| 1958 |
Pabst purchases Blatz Brewing Co., but a federal court order prevents Pabst from
brewing beer at the Milwaukee facility.
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| 1959 |
G. Heileman buys the Blatz label.
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Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of records of the Blatz Brewing Company dating from 1862-1944. Most
are basic accounting records, such as general journals, general ledgers, and cash books,
from the Milwaukee brewery and its Milwaukee bottling plant. The number of records increased
almost immediately after 1862 as the business grew and government record keeping
intensified, though the bulk of the records are from the pre-prohibition era. Most records
dating after repeal in 1933 are not included in the collection.
The accounting books give a detailed picture of the revenues, expenses, and brewery
operations over a long period of time, providing an excellent look at the Blatz Brewing
Company's emergence as one of Milwaukee's four national breweries. The variety of records
offers a more complete and accurate picture reflecting the complex environment and
accounting practices in a large business organization in the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries.
Scope and content notes of each series are included in the contents list.
Arrangement of the Materials
The records are arranged into the following series:
- Brewery Records (Milwaukee,
Wis.): Arranged alphabetically by type of record, then chronologically.
- Bottling Plant: Arranged
alphabetically by type of record, then chronologically. Two volumes from unknown cities
are filed in this series using the term "Unknown Location" following the type of record.
The receipts and invoices section is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
- Branch Operations: Arranged
alphabetically by location of the branch or depot, then alphabetically by the type of
record, and then chronologically. Within these records, there are unbound files containing
branch information. These unbound files were apparently taken apart by the Blatz Brewing
Company and were placed in large ledgers in an inconsistent manner. During processing,
these files were removed and reorganized into their original order. The second accession,
donated by John Steiner in 1998, was added to this series.
- Miscellaneous Records (Milwaukee,
Wis.): Arranged alphabetically by the creator of the record, then alphabetically
by the type of record, and then chronologically.
Notes indicate whether or not individual volumes have an index. Only ledgers have indexes.
The term indexed refers an index that is located within the volume. If the index has the
letter A after it, it is a separate index volume that is located with the ledger.
Preferred Citation
Citation Guide for Primary Sources
Related Material in the UWM Libraries
Separated Material in the UWM Libraries
The original collection included related records from the Milwaukee Brewers' Association.
These records were removed and processed as a separate collection (UWM Manuscript Collection
142).
Administrative/Restriction Information
There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all
members of the public in accordance with state law.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel,
privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin
Statutes 19.21-19.39).
The New York corporation that owned the brewery in the late 1960s had deposited the
records at the University of Wyoming's American Heritage Center.
In 1997, the University of Wyoming's American Heritage Center donated this collection to
the UWM Archives Department (accession 1997-060). John Steiner donated another set of
records to the Archives in 1998. Additional materials were donated by the University of Wyoming's
American Heritage Center in October 2018 (accession 2018-014). Additional materials were donated
by an anonymous donor in 2021.
Leslie Heinrichs, John Moes, Steve Eichstadt and Eric Volmar processed the collection at
the UWM Archives Department from November 1997 to May 1999. Clare Ruedinger (supervised by
Christel Maass) processed accession 2018-014 in October 2018. Lauran processed accession 2021-028 in June 2022.
Contents List
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Series: 1. Brewery Records (Milwaukee, Wis.)
: The Brewery Records constitute the largest portion of the collection. These records are
from the Milwaukee Brewery office, where central business operations were headquartered.
This part of the collection consists of day to day bookkeeping records that document
many individual transactions involved in running the business, and are useful for
understanding the complicated nature of the brewing industry, as well as nineteenth
century accounting practices. Of particular interest are the brewer's stamp registers
and the denatured alcohol report which show how restrictions on the manufacturing of
alcohol gradually grew more strict until National Prohibition became law on January 16,
1920. City customer shipped inventory ledgers give the names of many Milwaukee citizens
and businesses that were dealt with Blatz during this period. Finally, the inventory
ledgers provide incredibly detailed information about property owned by the brewery,
including advertising materials used by branches and customers.
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Volume
92
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Accounts Receivable Collections Journal, 1916-1918
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Volume
174
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Accounts Receivable Ledger for City Customers, 1879-1887
: Indexed
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Box
3
Folder
2
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Advertisements, 1896-1899
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Box
11
Folder
13
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Balance Sheet, 1915-1919
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Bills Receivable Ledger
: Indexed
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Volume
126
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1888-1898
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Volume
171
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1898-1920
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Volume
97
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Board of Directors Minute Book, 1889-1925
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Brewer's Stamp Register
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Volume
87
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1907-1909
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Volume
14
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1910-1915
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Volume
88
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1915-1920
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Cash Book
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Volume
47
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1862-1864
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Volume
10
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1864-1865
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Volume
11
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1867-1870
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Volume
318
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1868
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Volume
325
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1886-1887
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Volume
323
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1887-1888
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Volume
19
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1888-1889
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Volume
18
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1889-1890
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Volume
28
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1889-1890
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Volume
93
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1890-1891
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Volume
71
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1891-1892
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Volume
72
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1892-1894
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Volume
94
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1894-1895
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Volume
53
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1895-1897
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Volume
52
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1897-1899
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Volume
23
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1899-1901
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Volume
24
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1901-1903
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Volume
81
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1903-1905
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Volume
59
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1905-1906
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Volume
60
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1906-1908
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Volume
82
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1908-1910
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Volume
84
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1910-1912
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Volume
85
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1912-1914
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Volume
29
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1914-1915
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Volume
30
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1915-1917
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Volume
27
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1917-1919
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Volume
70
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1919
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Volume
69
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1919-1920
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Volume
68
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1920-1922
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Volume
91
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1924-1925
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Volume
90
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1925-1927
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Volume
89
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1927-1929
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City Customer Shipped Inventory Ledger
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Volume
121
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1868-1869
: No Index
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Volume
102
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1869
: No Index
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Volume
75-76
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1870-1872
: No Index
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Volume
122
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1872-1873
: No Index
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Volume
266-266A
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1873-1876
: Index to Volume 266
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Volume
104-104A
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1876-1877
: Index to Volume 104
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Volume
251
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1877-1878
: No Index
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Volume
74-74A
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1878-1880
: Index to Volume 74
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Volume
249-249A
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1880-1882
: Index to Volume 249
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Volume
265-265A
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1882-1883
: Index to Volume 265
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Volume
235-235A
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1883-1886
: Index to Volume 235
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Volume
245-245A
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1886-1888
: Index to Volume 245
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Volume
244
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1888-1889
: No Index
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City Customer Weekly Sales Journal
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Volume
235
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1883-1886
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Volume
245
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1886-1888
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Volume
244
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1888-1891
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Volume
246
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1891-1893
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Volume
243
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1893-1896
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Volume
247
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1896-1898
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Volume
248
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1909-1913
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Box
12
Folder
19
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Correspondence, 1909-1920, undated
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Customer and Calculations on Sales Ledger
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Volume
267
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1896-1909
: Indexed
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Volume
99
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1909-1916
: Indexed
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Volume
320
Box
2
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Denatured Alcohol Report, 1912-1915
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Volume
64
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Empty Barrel Ledger, 1865-1869
: Indexed
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Volume
58
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Equity Journal, 1887-1895
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General Journal
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Volume
48
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1862-1865
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Volume
51
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1873
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Volume
35
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1873-1874
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Volume
78
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1874
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Volume
79
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1874-1875
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Volume
214
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1875
: Also contains annual summary data from 1876-1910.
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Volume
80
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1884-1885
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Volume
106
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1885-1886
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Volume
107-108
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1886-1887
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Volume
119
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1887-1888
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Volume
136
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1888-1889
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Volume
112
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1889
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Volume
138
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1889-1890
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Volume
137
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1890-1891
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Volume
326
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1891-1892
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Volume
139
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1892-1893
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Volume
168-169
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1893-1895
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Volume
109-111
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1895-1898
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Volume
170
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1898-1899
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Volume
115
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1899-1900
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Volume
118
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1900-1901
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Volume
135
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1901-1902
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Volume
114
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1902-1904
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Volume
113
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1904-1907
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Volume
134
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1907-1909
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Volume
116-117
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1909-1917
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Volume
120
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1917-1919
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Volume
208
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1919
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Volume
205-207
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1920-1923
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Volume
209
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1925-1927
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General Ledger
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Volume
286
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1860-1862
: Indexed
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Volume
287
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1862-1864
: No Index
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Volume
271-272
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1864-1873
: Indexed
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Volume
83
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1873-1874
: No Index
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Volume
288-288A
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1874-1876
: Index to Volume 288
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Volume
288-288A
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1874-1876
: Index to Volume 288
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Volume
276-276A
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1876-1878
: Index to Volume 276
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Volume
277-277A
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1879-1881
: Index to Volume 277
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Volume
294-294A
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1881-1883
: Index to Volume 294
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Volume
260
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1883-1885
: No Index
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Volume
289-289A
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1885-1887
: Index to Volume 289
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Volume
258, 305
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1887-1889
: Index to Volume 258
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Volume
292, 305
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1889
: Index to Volume 292
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|
Volume
327
|
1890-1893
: No Index
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|
Volume
257
|
1893-1896
: No Index
|
|
|
Volume
299, 314
Box
2
|
1895-1897
: Index to Volume 299
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|
Volume
291-291A
|
1897-1902
: Index to Volume 291
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|
Volume
295-295A
|
1902-1904
: Index to Volume 295
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|
|
Volume
264-264A
|
1904-1908
: Index to Volume 264
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|
Volume
305
|
Index to Volume 258 and 292, 1887-1889
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|
Volume
314
|
Index to Volume 299, 1895-1897
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|
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Volume
313
Box
1
|
Grains Book, 1898-1900
: No Index
|
|
|
Volume
86
|
Insurance Register, 1890-1894
|
|
|
Inventory Ledger
|
|
|
Volume
54
|
1874-1886
: Indexed
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|
|
Volume
55
|
1887-1889
: No Index
|
|
|
Volume
309
|
Inventory Register of Blatz Advertising Materials to Branches and Customers,
1916-1918
|
|
|
Volume
307
|
Payroll Ledger, 1868-1873
: Indexed
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|
|
Petty Cash Journal
|
|
|
Volume
8
|
1902-1907
|
|
|
Volume
7
|
1916-1917
|
|
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Private Cash Book
|
|
|
Volume
62
|
1867-1868
|
|
|
Volume
77
|
1877-1878
|
|
|
Volume
44-46
|
1878-1881
|
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|
Volume
131-133
|
1881-1884
|
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|
Volume
252-253
|
1884-1886
|
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|
Volume
262
|
1886-1887
|
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|
Volume
261
|
1887-1888
|
|
|
Volume
15-16
|
1907-1911
|
|
|
Volume
67
|
1914-1916
|
|
|
Volume
320
|
1917-1918
|
|
|
Volume
20
|
Private Federal and State Tax Journal, 1925-1944
|
|
|
Volume
1
|
Private General Journal, 1889-1890
|
|
|
Private General Ledger
|
|
|
Volume
319
|
1862-1865
: No Index
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|
Volume
83
|
1873-1880
: No Index
|
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|
Volume
228
|
1880-1884
: No Index
|
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|
Volume
268
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1884-1888
: Indexed
|
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|
Volume
275
|
1888-1889
: Indexed
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|
|
Volume
105
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1898-1911
: Indexed
|
|
|
Volume
57
|
Profit and Loss/Balance Sheet, 1890-1894
|
|
|
Volume
17
|
Purchase Journal, 1917-1919
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
20
|
R. W. Jackman Collection Account, 1927-1928
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|
|
Volume
270
|
Sales Journal, 1899-1900
|
|
|
Volume
25
|
Sales Ledger for Country Customers, 1918-1919
: No Index
|
|
|
Volume
26
|
Sales Record Ledger, 1920-1924
: No Index
|
|
|
Volume
312
Box
1
|
Shipping Register, 1916-1917
|
|
|
Volume
40
|
Shop Supply Utilization Book, 1912-1913
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|
|
Volume
229
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Total Sales Journal, 1903-1910
|
|
|
Trial Balance Ledger
|
|
|
Volume
234
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1874-1883
|
|
|
Volume
233
|
1915-1925
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|
|
Volume
143
|
Unidentified Index, undated
|
|
|
Volume
153
|
Unidentified Index for Customer and Branch Ledger "M-2", undated
|
|
|
Volume
125
|
Unidentified Index for General Ledger "M-1", undated
|
|
|
Volume
154
|
Unidentified Index for General Ledger "O-1", undated
|
|
|
Volume
146
|
Unidentified Index for Keg Account, undated
|
|
|
Volume
147
|
Unidentified Index for Keg Account "5", undated
|
|
|
Volume
144
|
Unidentified Index for Keg Account "7", undated
|
|
|
Volume
152
|
Unidentified Index for Ledger "1898"
|
|
|
Volume
101
|
Unidentified Index for Ledger " Jun. 1901-30 Sept. 1903"
|
|
|
Volume
155
|
Unidentified Index for Ledger " A", undated
|
|
|
Volume
100
|
Unidentified Index for Ledger " B", undated
|
|
|
Volume
145
|
Unidentified Index for Ledger " C", undated
|
|
|
Series: 2. Bottling Plant
: The Bottling Plant records are a large part of the collection. Most of these records
are from the Milwaukee bottling plant, which was managed by Torchiani & Kremer on a
contractual basis. Eventually the bottling plant emerged as a separate corporate entity
owned and controlled by the Blatz Bottling Company, but managed by John Kremer, who had
married Louise Blatz, the adopted daughter of Valentin Blatz. This series documents the
change over time in the items produced, including non-alcoholic beverages that became
more prominent as the temperance movement grew in popularity. The records document many
transactions that were unique to a bottling plant for this period. For example, empty
bottle journals track the empties that customers brought back to the plant. The Bottling
Plant general journals, general ledgers and cash books are useful for more details about
bottling plant transactions. Order journals contain detailed labeling and bottling
information.
Most of the Bottling Plant records date from 1895 to 1900, and
include in-depth information about materials such as bottle washing devices or cork
barrels that were used in the bottling plant. Of particular interest are the receipts
for the bottling plant, which have diagrams of the latest machines, bottle wrappers, and
different types of bottles used in the plant. Also included are advertisements and the
costs associated with publishing Blatz ads in several national newspapers. The records
also include engraved letterhead and receipts with detailed drawings and pictures from
companies throughout the United States. The receipt and invoice records clearly
illustrate the nature and extent of Blatz's business relationship with other companies
in Milwaukee and elsewhere, albeit for only a short period of time.
All are
from Milwaukee, Wisconsin unless otherwise noted.
|
|
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Box
11
Folder
12
|
Balance Sheet, 1919
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|
|
Box
12
Folder
1
|
Beverages Drank on Premises, 1925-1926
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|
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Volume
22
|
Bottling Plant Production Summary Report, 1920-1926
|
|
|
Cash Book
|
|
|
Volume
128-129
|
1889-1891
|
|
|
Volume
127
|
1891-1893
|
|
|
Volume
156-161
|
1893-1918
|
|
|
Cash Sales
|
|
|
Volume
150
|
1899-1901
|
|
|
Volume
149
|
1901-1902
|
|
|
Volume
42
|
1902-1903
|
|
|
Volume
172
|
1903
|
|
|
Volume
173
|
1903-1904
|
|
|
Volume
148
|
1907
|
|
|
Volume
41
|
1910-1911
|
|
|
City Customer Journal
|
|
|
Volume
190-192
|
1881-1894
|
|
|
Volume
211
|
1894-1896
|
|
|
Volume
231
|
1896-1897
|
|
|
Volume
230
|
1897-1898
|
|
|
Volume
193-195
|
1898-1901
|
|
|
Volume
218
|
1901-1903
|
|
|
Volume
215
|
1903-1905
|
|
|
Volume
242
|
1905-1906
|
|
|
Volume
197-198
|
1906-1909
|
|
|
Volume
200-201
|
1909-1911
|
|
|
City Customer Ledger
|
|
|
Volume
285-285A
|
1888-1891
: Index to Volume 285
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|
|
Volume
256-256A
|
1891-1893
: Index to Volume 256
|
|
|
Volume
196-196A
|
1893-1895
: Index to Volume 196
|
|
|
Volume
199-199A
|
1895-1897
: Index to Volume 199
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|
|
Volume
255
|
1897-1898
: No Index
|
|
|
Volume
281
|
1898-1901
: No Index
|
|
|
Volume
223
|
1901-1903
: No Index
|
|
|
Volume
280
|
1903-1907
: No Index
|
|
|
Volume
224
|
1907-1912
: No Index
|
|
|
Volume
278-278A
|
1912
: Index to Volume 278
|
|
|
Volume
210
|
1912-1916
: Indexed
|
|
|
Volume
306
|
Day Book of Inventory Transactions, 1907-1908
: Unknown Location
|
|
|
Volume
96
|
Empty Bottle Daily Register, 1916-1917
: Unknown Location
|
|
|
Empty Bottle Journal
|
|
|
Volume
130
|
1903-1904
|
|
|
Volume
184-186
|
1904-1908
|
|
|
Volume
204
|
1908-1909
|
|
|
Volume
203
|
1909-1910
|
|
|
Volume
202
|
1910-1911
|
|
|
Volume
283
|
1911-1913
|
|
|
Volume
282
|
1913-1914
|
|
|
Volume
284
|
1914-1915
|
|
|
Volume
187
|
1915-1917
|
|
|
Volume
188
|
1917-1918
|
|
|
Volume
199
|
1923-1926
|
|
|
General Journal
|
|
|
Volume
12
|
1887-1889
|
|
|
Volume
213
|
1889-1890
|
|
|
Volume
212
|
1891-1892
|
|
|
Volume
216-217
|
1902-1919
|
|
|
General Ledger
|
|
|
Volume
73
|
1887-1889
: No Index
|
|
|
Volume
219-219A
|
1894-1898
: Index to Volume 219
|
|
|
Volume
221-221A
|
1894-1898
: Index to Volume 221
|
|
|
Volume
222
|
1904-1913
: No Index
|
|
|
Volume
123
|
Government Tax Revenue Book for Exports, 1891-1917
|
|
|
Volume
56
|
Inventory Ledger, 1888-1901
: No Index
|
|
|
Volume
56
|
Inventory Ledger, 1888-1901
: No Index
|
|
|
Volume
319
Box
2
|
Keg Ledger of Barrels Shipped and Returned for Branches and Customers,
1887-1890
: No Index
|
|
|
Order Book
|
|
|
Volume
182
|
1908-1909
|
|
|
Volume
183
|
1917-1919
|
|
|
Order Journal
|
|
|
Volume
167
|
1896-1897
|
|
|
Volume
165-166
|
1897-1899
|
|
|
Volume
162-164
|
1899-1902
|
|
|
Volume
142
|
1902-1903
|
|
|
Volume
178
|
1904-1905
|
|
|
Volume
181
|
1905-1906
|
|
|
Volume
175-177
|
1906-1908
|
|
|
Volume
140
|
1908-1910
|
|
|
Volume
179-180
|
1910-1915
|
|
|
Volume
141
|
1915-1919
|
|
|
Receipts and Invoicesl
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|
|
Box
3
Folder
1
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A. Daussa & Co., (New York, NY), Receipts, 1894-1912
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Box
4
Folder
1
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A. F. Hinners Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1902
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Box
3
Folder
3
|
Advertising Receipts, 1895-1899
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|
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Box
3
Folder
4-5
|
American Fine Art Company, (Milwaukee, WI), Invoices, 1895-1900
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Box
4
Folder
2
|
American Fine Art Company, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1896,
undated
|
|
|
Box
3
Folder
6
|
American Fine Art Company, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1899
|
|
|
Box
3
Folder
8
|
American Sal Soda Works, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1899-1900
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|
|
Box
3
Folder
9
|
American Steel & Wire Co., (Chicago, IL), Receipts,
1899-1900
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|
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Box
3
Folder
10
|
Arcade Manufacturing Co., (Freeport, IL), Receipts, 1895
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|
|
Box
5
Folder
1
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Hayman, (Los Angeles, CA), Receipts,1895
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|
|
Box
5
Folder
2
|
B. A. Jacob & Sons, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1899
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|
|
Box
5
Folder
3
|
Baumbach, Reichel & Co, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts,
1896-1900
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|
|
Box
4
Folder
3
|
Baumbach, Reichel & Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1898
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
4
|
Binney & Smith, (New York, NY), Receipts, 1898
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|
|
Box
5
Folder
5
|
Bottler's Specialty, (Chicago, IL), Receipts, 1899-1900
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
6
|
C. A. Beck & Son, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1900
|
|
|
Box
4
Folder
4
|
C. A. Beck & Son, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1900,
undated
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
7
|
Charles L. Kiewert & Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1897
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|
|
Box
5
Folder
8-10
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Chas. Baumbach Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1894-1898
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Box
5
Folder
11
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Chicago & North Western Railway Co., (Milwaukee, WI),
1917-1918
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
12
|
Chicago Car Seal & Mfg. Company, (Chicago, IL), Receipts,
1895-1899
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
13
|
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co., Receipts, 1894-1900, 1912,
1918
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
14
|
Cincinnati Bung-Bush, (Cincinnati, OH), Receipts, 1897
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
15
|
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co., Receipts,
1895-1897
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
16
|
Cook's Advertising Agency, (San Francisco, CA ), Receipts, 1896
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
17-19
|
Crown Cork and Seal Company, (Baltimore, MD), Receipts,
1894-1900
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
20
|
Cumberland Glass Co., (Cumberland, MD), Receipts, 1897
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
21
|
Cunningham Manufacturing Co., (Philadelphia, PA), 1900
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
22
|
Cy Retallack, (Walkerville, MT), Receipts, 1899
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
23
|
Davis Bros. Mfg. Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1899-1900
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
24
|
Dever Bros. Paper Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1899
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
25
|
Drake Brothers Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1896
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
26
|
Dreyfuss Bottle & Stopper Co., (New York, NY), Receipts,
1896
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
27
|
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Co., Receipts, 1900
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
28
|
Eagle Sign Co., (San Francisco, CA), Receipts, 1896
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
29
|
Edward H. Everett Co., (Newark, OH), Receipts, 1899
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
30
|
Eick Bottle Cleansing Machine Co., (Philadelphia, PA), Receipts,
1895-1899
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
31
|
Enterprise Box and Lumber Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts,
1896-1899
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
32
|
Erie and Western Transportation Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts,
1899
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
33
|
Evening Express Co., (Los Angeles, CA ), Receipts, 1898
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
34
|
Ferdinand Gutmann Corks Co., (New York, NY), Receipts, 1900
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
35
|
Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts,
1896-1900
|
|
|
Box
12
Folder
4
|
Forest Products Mfg. Co., Receipts, 1911
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
36
|
Garriga Llado & Son Co., (New York, NY ), Receipts, 1897
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
37
|
Goldberg, Bowen & Lebenbaum, (San Francisco, CA), Receipts,
1896
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
38
|
Goodrich Transportation Company, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts,
1896
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
39
|
Great Northern Railway Co., Receipts, 1917
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
40
|
Gudewill & Bucknall, (New York, NY), Receipts, 1895-1896
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
41
|
H. J. Woolacott Co., (Los Angeles, CA), Receipts, 1895-1898
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
42
|
H. Niedecken Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1899
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
43
|
Henry Gugler Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1897
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
44
|
Isaacs, Vought & Co., (New York, NY), Receipts, 1895-1898
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
45
|
J. M. Burks, (Lincoln, NE), Receipts, 1898
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
46
|
J. T. Cowles Co., (Chicago, IL), Receipts, 1896
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
47
|
Johnston Tin Foil & Metal Co., (St. Louis, MO), Receipts,
1895
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
48
|
Joseph Fixter Cooperage and Cooper Stock, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts,
1895-1900
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
49
|
Kapp & Street, (San Francisco, CA ), Receipts, 1897
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
50
|
Karl Hutter, (New York, NY), Receipts, 1897-1900
|
|
|
Box
4
Folder
7
|
Kenneth W. Jacobs, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1900
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
51
|
L. Mundet & Son, (New York, NY), Receipts, 1896
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
52
|
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co., Receipts,
1895-1897
|
|
|
Box
4
Folder
8
|
Lightning Bottle Wirer Co., (New York, NY), Receipts, 1895-1897
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
53
|
Lightning Bottle Wirer Co., (New York, NY), Receipts, 1895-1900
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
54
|
Louis Cahen & Son, (San Francisco, CA ), Receipts,
1899-1900
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
55
|
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., Receipts, 1896
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
56
|
M. Stein, The Painter, (San Francisco, CA ), Receipts, 1897
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
57
|
MacFarlane & Co., Ltd., (Honolulu, HI), Receipts, 1899
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
58
|
Manhattan Sign Co., (New York, NY), Receipts, 1896
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
59
|
Marx & Rawolle, (New York, NY ), Receipts, 1894
|
|
|
Box
4
Folder
10
|
Massillon Glass Works, (Massillon, OH), Receipts, 1889
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
60
|
Massillon Glass Works, (Massillon, OH), Receipts, 1895-1900
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
61
|
Milwaukee Lithographic & Engraving Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts,
1893-1895
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
62
|
Mm. Steinmeyer Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1897-1899
|
|
|
Box
4
Folder
12
|
Mueller & Son, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1899,
undated
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
63
|
Mueller & Son, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1900
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
64
|
National Distilling Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1897-1900
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
65
|
National Glass Co., (Rochester, PA), Receipts, 1899-1900
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
66
|
New York, Chicago & St. Paul Railroad Co., (Cleveland, OH), Receipts,
1895-1897
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
67
|
Nixon & Costello Co., (Dayton, OH), Receipts, 1896
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
68
|
Northern Glass Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1896
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
69-71
|
Northern Glass Works, (Milwaukee, WI), Credit Bills, 1897-1900
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
72-74
|
Northern Glass Works, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1897-1900
|
|
|
Box
5
Folder
75
|
Northern Glass Works, (Milwaukee, WI), Statements, 1897-1900
|
|
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Box
5
Folder
76
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Northwestern Collection Agency, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1898
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Box
5
Folder
77
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Northwestern Lithography Company, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts,
1891-1900
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Box
5
Folder
78
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Oregon Short Line Railroad, Receipts, 1898
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Box
5
Folder
79
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Otto Zwietusch, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1899
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Box
5
Folder
80
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R. B. Dumont & Co., (Mobile, AL), Receipts, 1899
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Box
4
Folder
13
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S. S. Wenzell, Dr., Receipts, 1898
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Box
12
Folder
10
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Second National Bank of St. Paul, (St. Paul, MN), Receipts,
1883
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Box
5
Folder
82
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Siebe & Green General Advertisers, (San Francisco, CA), Receipts,
1897-1898
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Box
4
Folder
14
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Solomon Neumann, (Los Angeles, CA), Receipts, 1897
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Box
5
Folder
83-84
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Streator Bottle & Glass Co., (Streator, IL), Receipts,
1894-1900
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Box
5
Folder
81
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The Rochester Tumbler Co., (Pittsburgh, PA), Receipts,
1897-1899
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Box
5
Folder
85
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Times Mirror Co., (Los Angeles, CA), Receipts, 1897-1899
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Box
5
Folder
86
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Torchiani & Kremer (Bottler), (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1884,
undated
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Box
5
Folder
87
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United States Brewing Co., (Chicago, IL), Receipts, 1897
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Box
12
Folder
13
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Val. Blatz Brewing Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Barma Receipts, 1919
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Box
12
Folder
14
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Val. Blatz Brewing Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Checks, 1909
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Box
5
Folder
89
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Val. Blatz Brewing Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1896-1900,
1915-1916
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Box
12
Folder
15
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Val. Blatz Brewing Co., (Other Branches), Credit Memorandum,
1916-1917
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Box
5
Folder
88
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Val. Blatz Brewing Co., (Other Branches), Receipts, 1884, 1917,
undated
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Box
5
Folder
90
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Vera Chemical Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1900
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Box
5
Folder
91
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Vilter Manufacturing Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1900
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Box
5
Folder
92
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W. M. Frankfurth Hardware Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts,
1895-1896
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Box
12
Folder
16
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Wells Fargo & Company Express, (Lanark, IL), Receipts, 1916
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Box
5
Folder
93
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Weiserhorn Carriage Manufacturing, Co., (Helena, MT), Receipts,
1898
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Box
5
Folder
94
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Willam J. Farrell, Corks and Corkwood, (New York, NY), Receipts,
1896-1899
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Box
5
Folder
95-96
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William Franzen, Paper Stock & Bottles, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts,
1895-1900
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Box
5
Folder
97
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Wittemann Brothers Co., (Chicago, IL), Receipts, 1896-1900
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Box
5
Folder
98
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Yocum & Kacer Management Co., (St. Louis, MO), Receipts,
1895-1900
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Box
5
Folder
99
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Zehrung Bill Posting & Distribution Co., (Lincoln, NE), Receipts,
1900
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Volume
273-274
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Sales Journal, 1900-1902
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Series: 3. Branch Operations
: The Branch Operations records contain different types of information from the
nationwide network of Blatz branches and depots. Branches and depots were storefronts
found throughout the country, which sold only Blatz beer to individual customers as well
as to local businesses. Branches were bigger than the depots, and consisted of offices,
warehouses, and a manager and staff paid by the home office. (For a more description of
branches and depots, see Appendix A.) The extent and nature of the information
concerning specific branches and depots is inconsistent; but together the records show
the intricate branch network that the Blatz Brewing Company had in place by the 1890s
and the relative autonomy of each of the branches in the way they did their
recordkeeping. Some of the records in this series were kept at the Blatz headquarters
while others were apparently maintained by branch or depot managers and shipped back to
Milwaukee along with other property when the branch or depot closed. The records also
document the national expansion of the company. Finally, the records are of particular
interest because they show the steady decline of the Blatz operation as the temperance
movement gained momentum and branches began to close.
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Benton Harbor, MI
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Volume
3
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General Ledger, 1909-1910
: Indexed
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Volume
50
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General Ledger, 1909-1913
: Indexed
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Berlin, WI
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Volume
61
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General Ledger, 1891-1892
: Indexed
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Cedar Rapids, IA
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Volume
259
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General Journal, 1880-1882
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Volume
98
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General Ledger for Bottling Plant, 1907-1908
: No Index
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Cleveland, OHI
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Volume
43
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General Ledger, 1914-1915
: Indexed
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Volume
124
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General Ledger, 1916
: Indexed
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Decatur, IL
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Volume
63
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Cash Book, 1905-1906
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East Dubuque, IL
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Volume
6
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General Ledger, 1916
: Indexed
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Emmetsburg, IA
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Volume
226
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Cash Expense and Receipt Journal, 1909-1911
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Volume
13
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General Ledger, 1909-1911
: Indexed
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Florence, WI
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Volume
32
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General Ledger, 1881-1882
: Indexed
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Volume
33
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Sales Journal, 1893-1895
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Hancock, MI
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Volume
324
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General Ledger, 1907-1908
: Internal Index
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Volume
321
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Sales Ledger, 1901-1906
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Kankakee, ILI
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Volume
250
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Cash Book, 1894-1902
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Volume
316
Box
2
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Unidentified Index to "General Ledger 1909", undated
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Kansas City, MO
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Volume
302
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Customer Beer Sales and Expense Recapitulation Ledger,
1913-1918
: Indexed
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Kenosha, WI
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Volume
4
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General Journal, 1897-1902
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Louisville, KY
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Volume
31
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Sales Journal, 1876-1877
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Medford, WI
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Volume
232
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Sales Ledger, 1921-1923
: No Index
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Memphis, TN
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Volume
225
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General Journal, 1882
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Volume
269
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General Ledger, 1879-1880
: No Index
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Volume
103
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General Ledger, 1880-1882
: No Index
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Milwaukee, WI
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Volume
21
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Allowance for Spoilage and Breakage Journal, 1920-1925
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Box
4
Folder
15-16
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Bills Receivable Account, 1915-1919
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Box
12
Folder
18
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Branch Closings,1914-1917, undated
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Box
6
Folder
2
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Building Accounts, 1904-1919
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Volume
317
Box
2
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Check Register for Various Branches, 1921
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Volume
304
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Comparative Branch Statements Ledger, 1913-1916
: No Index
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Volume
296
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Comparative Branch Statements Ledger, 1916-1921
: No Index
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Volume
240
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Cost of Sales by Branch Register, 1901-1904
: Indexed
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Volume
241
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Cost of Sales by Branch Register, 1904-1907
: Indexed
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Volume
239
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Cost of Sales by Branch Register, 1906-1922
: Indexed
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Volume
238
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Cost of Sales by Branch Register, 1907-1922
: Indexed
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Volume
303
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Cost of Sales by Branch Register, 1911-1915
: No Index
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Volume
293, 305
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Customer and Branch Ledger, 1887-1889
: Index to Volume 293
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Volume
254-254A
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Customer and Branch Ledger, 1889-1890
: Index to Volume 254
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Volume
301-301A
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Customer and Branch Ledger, 1892-1893
: Index to Volume 301
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Volume
300-300A
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Customer and Branch Ledger, 1893-1895
: Index to Volume 300
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Volume
298, 314
Box
2
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Customer and Branch Ledger, 1895-1896
: Index to Volume 298
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Volume
279-279A
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Customer and Branch Ledger, 1896-1898
: Index to Volume 279
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Volume
263-263A
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Customer and Branch Ledger, 1898-1900
: Index to Volume 263
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Volume
290-290A
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Customer and Branch Ledger, 1900-1902
: Index to Volume 290
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Volume
314
Box
2
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Customer and Branch Ledger 298 Index, 1895-1896
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Box
8
Folder
1
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Details of Branch Depots, 1915-1919
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Box
8
Folder
2
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Details of Branch Floating Assets, 1915-1919
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Box
8
Folder
7
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Export Beer Sales, 1915-1919
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Box
10
Folder
4-5
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Miscellaneous Accounts, 1909-1919
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Box
4
Folder
18-19
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Mortgage Receivables, 1915-1919
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Volume
297
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Net Proceeds of Branches Ledger for Fiscal Year 1912, 1911-1912
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Box
10
Folder
6
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Non Alcohol Product Sales, 1919-1920
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Box
11
Folder
3
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Property Accounts, 1917
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Volume
328
Box
2
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Record of Bank Deposits and Withdrawals for Various Branches,
1926
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Box
11
Folder
6
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Rent, 1904-1918
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Box
11
Folder
9
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Sales, 1915-1919
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Volume
315
Box
2
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Sales Person Commission Record of Country Customers, 1927-1928
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Transfer Ledger
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Box
6
Folder
1
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Berlin, WI, 1902-1920
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Box
6
Folder
3
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Cedar Rapids, IA, 1902-1907
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Box
6
Folder
4
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Champaign, IL, 1902-1908
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Box
6
Folder
5
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Cheyenne, WY, 1917-1919
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Box
6
Folder
6
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Chicago, IL, 1914-1920
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Box
6
Folder
7
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Cleveland, OH, 1914-1916
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Box
6
Folder
8
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Customer and Depot Account "A", 1902-1920
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Box
6
Folder
9
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Customer and Depot Account "B", 1902-1920
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Box
6
Folder
10
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Customer and Depot Account "C", 1902-1920
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Box
6
Folder
11
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Customer and Depot Account "D", 1902-1920
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Box
7
Folder
1
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Customer and Depot Account "E", 1902-1920
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Box
7
Folder
2
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Customer and Depot Account "F", 1902-1920
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Box
7
Folder
3
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Customer and Depot Account "G", 1902-1920
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Box
7
Folder
4
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Customer and Depot Account "H", 1902-1920
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Box
7
Folder
5
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Customer and Depot Account "I", 1902-1920
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Box
7
Folder
6
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Customer and Depot Account "J", 1902-1920
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Box
7
Folder
7
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Customer and Depot Account "K", 1902-1920
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Box
7
Folder
8
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Customer and Depot Account "L", 1902-1920
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Box
7
Folder
9
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Customer and Depot Account "M", 1902-1920
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Box
7
Folder
10
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Customer and Depot Account "O", 1902-1920
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Box
7
Folder
11
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Customer and Depot Account "P", 1902-1920
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Box
7
Folder
12
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Customer and Depot Account "R", 1902-1920
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Box
7
Folder
13
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Customer and Depot Account "S", 1902-1920
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Box
7
Folder
14
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Customer and Depot Account "T"-"W", 1902-1920
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Box
7
Folder
15
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Customer and Depot Account "Z", 1902-1920
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Box
7
Folder
16
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Denver, CO, 1902-1920
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Box
8
Folder
3
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Detroit, MI, 1909-1918
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Box
8
Folder
4
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Duluth, MN, 1915-1918
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Box
8
Folder
5
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East Dubuque, IL, 1916-1918
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Box
8
Folder
6
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El Paso, TX, 1917-1918
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Box
8
Folder
8
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Glidden, WI, 1918-1920
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Box
8
Folder
10
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Hancock, MI, 1914-1919
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Box
8
Folder
9
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Hurley, WI, 1918-1920
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Box
8
Folder
11
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Janesville, WI, 1914-1919
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Box
8
Folder
12
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Kankakee, IL, 1902-1919
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Box
9
Folder
1-4
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Kansas City, KS, 1902-1920
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Box
9
Folder
5
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Kenosha, WI, 1902-1919
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Box
9
Folder
6
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Marshfield, WI, 1903-1918
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Box
9
Folder
7
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Medford, WI, 1918-1919
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Box
9
Folder
8
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Minneapolis, MN, 1902-1905
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Box
10
Folder
1-2
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Minneapolis, MN, 1906-1920
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Box
10
Folder
3
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Miscellaneous Accounts, 1918
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Box
10
Folder
7
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Omaha, NE, 1902-1920
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Box
10
Folder
8
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Peoria, IL, 1902-1920
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Box
11
Folder
1
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Phillips, WI, 1918-1919
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Box
11
Folder
2
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Pittsburgh, PA, 1902-1918
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Box
11
Folder
4
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Racine, WI, 1920
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Box
11
Folder
5
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Range, OH, 1902-1920
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Box
11
Folder
7
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Rock Island, WI, 1915-1918
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Box
11
Folder
8
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Rockford, IL, 1902-1913
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Box
11
Folder
10
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South Bend, IN, 1914-1919
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Box
11
Folder
11
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Streator, IL, 1902-1920
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Box
4
Folder
17
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Yield Analysis, 1916-1919
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Minneapolis, MN
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Volume
310
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General Ledger, 1896-1899
: No Index
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Volume
151
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General Ledger, 1912-1921
: No Index
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Norway, MI
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Volume
37
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General Ledger, 1881-1882
: Indexed
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Rockford, ILI
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Volume
66
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Accounts Receivable Ledger for Bottled Beer, 1905-1908
: Indexed
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Volume
65
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Unit Sales Register for Bottling Plant, 1907-1908
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St. Paul, MN
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Volume
311
Box
1
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Accounts Receivable Ledger, 1883-1884
: Indexed
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Volume
36
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General Ledger, 1882-1883
: Indexed
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Volume
220
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Sales/Accounts Receivable Ledger, 1916-1922
: No Index
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Sioux Falls, SD
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Volume
236
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Sales Journal, 1917-1918l
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Streator, ILI
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Volume
237
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Accounts Receivable Transfer Ledger, 1916-1918
: No Index
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Volume
95
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Accounts Receivable Transfer Ledger, 1918-1919
: No Index
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Terre Haute, INI
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Volume
34
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Cash Book, 1892-1893
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Unknown
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Volume
322
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General Ledger, 1907
: No Index
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Volume
308
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Purchases and Sales Record, 1908-1914
: No Index
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Volume
227
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Sales Ledger for Country Customers, 1883-1884
: Internal Index
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Series: 4. Miscellaneous Records (Milwaukee, Wis.)
: Miscellaneous Records include a partial probate record from the Val Blatz estate. Also
included are records from J. Peterson, a district manager for Blatz in the 1890s.
Several volumes of company records used as exhibits in a court case, probably involving
the sale of the company and the disposition of the Blatz estate are also found in this
series. Unfortunately, the only information about this case is that Arthur Andersen
& Company were involved as lawyers for the Blatz Brewing Company. The present Arthur
Andersen Milwaukee office has no additional records relating to this case.
Also
included in the Miscellaneous Records is a listing of receipts and invoices that
pre-date the bottling plant records. These early receipts and invoices demonstrate the
strong relationship Blatz had with various companies from its earliest days.
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Exhibit Books
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Volume
57
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III - Milwaukee Brewery Profit and Loss/Balance Sheet,
1890-1894
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Volume
254
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IV - Branch Operations: Milwaukee Customer and Branch Ledger,
1889-1890
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Volume
39
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XI - Val Blatz Estate Probate Record, 1892-1896
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Volume
97
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XII - Milwaukee Brewery Board of Director's Minute Book,
1889-1925
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Volume
20
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XIV - Milwaukee Brewery Private Federal and State Tax Journal,
1925-1944
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Volume
9
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General Journal, J. Peterson, 1892-1898
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General Ledger
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Volume
2
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J. Peterson, 1889-1898
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Volume
49
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J. Peterson, 1891-1898
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Volume
5
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Private General Journal, J. Peterson, 1893-1898
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Volume
39
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Probate Record, Val Blatz Estate, 1892-1896
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Receipts and Invoices
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Box
5
Folder
11
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Chicago & North Western Railway Co., (Milwaukee, WI), 1869
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Box
12
Folder
2
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Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1869
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Box
12
Folder
3
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Engelmann Transportation Company, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1869
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Holzapfel & Eskughe, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1873
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Box
12
Folder
5
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Jacob A. Williams Dealer in Stoves, Tin & Hardware, Manufacturer of
House Furnishing Goods of All Descriptions, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts,
1871
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Julius Kaster, Dr., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1873
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Box
12
Folder
6
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L. A. Schmidtner Architect Office, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1871
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Box
4
Folder
9
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M. J. Zander, Dr., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1873
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Box
4
Folder
11
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Mathias Peiffer, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1873
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Box
12
Folder
7
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Merchants Union Express Company, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts,
1869
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Box
12
Folder
8
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Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, (Waupan, WI), Receipts, 1869
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Box
12
Folder
9
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Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, (South Milwaukee, WI), Receipts,
1869
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Box
12
Folder
11
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The Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad Company, (Milwaukee, WI) Receipts,
1869
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Box
12
Folder
12
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United States Express Company, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1869
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Box
12
Folder
17
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Western Union Railroad Company, Receipts, 1869
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Using the Accounting Records
This section provides information on Using the Accounting Records
Appendices
Not all of the items mentioned or reproduced in these appendices are part of the
collection. They are included in this finding aid to add to the understanding of the Blatz
Brewing Company and its records.
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Branch and Depot Listings
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When States Came Under Statewide Prohibition
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Blatz Brewing Company Labels
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Receipts in the Collection
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Transcript of Valentin Blatz's Will
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Valentin Blatz's Obituaries
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Miscellanous Photographs
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Selected Images from Commemorative Book
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Advertisements of the Period
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