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Container
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Mss 1170
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Series: History of Rayovac
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Box
1
Folder
1-4
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“History of Ray-O-Vac,” before 1972
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Box
1
Folder
5-8
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“Company History and General Reference Materials,” 1950 March
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Box
1
Folder
9
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50th anniversary booklet, 1956
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Ray-O-Vac Milestones, 1906-1981
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Box
1
Folder
11-16
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Interviews by Ken Ruble, 1980s
: Interviews used by Ruble for publication The Rayovac Story, Madison, Wisconsin: North Central Publishing Company, 1981.
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Correspondence regarding 75th anniversary and Ken Ruble interviews, 1981
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Box
2
Folder
12
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Newspaper clippings, 1950s
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Box
2
Folder
13
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Conference agenda, 1968
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CC 665
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Inside Story, 194118 minutes: black and white; 16 mm archival positive film VHS user copy assigned call number VHB 820. Produced by Ray-O-Vac.
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CC 666
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Battery Production at the Madison Plant, 1951 September
approximately 20 minutes: silent, color; 16 mm film
: Produced by Ray-O-Vac Company.
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1727A/1
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Audio for battery production film, 1951
18 minutes; reel to reel
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Mss 1170
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Series: Administrative Files
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Subseries: Correspondence
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Merchandizing correspondence from French Battery and Carbon Company, Madison, Wisconsin, 1920-1926
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Box
2
Folder
2
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1925-1929
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Supervisors' letters, 1953-1965
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PH 6807
Box
1
Folder
18
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Mailing label, undated
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Mss 1170
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Subseries: Directors Meeting Minutes
: Also available as Micro 917.
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Box
3
Folder
2
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1907 December 21-1921 December 8
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Box
2
Folder
5-6
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1921 December 21-1924 December 19
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Box
2
Folder
7-9
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1951 January 25-1954 December 31
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Box
2
Folder
10-11
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1955 January-1957 November
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Subseries: Legal Cases
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Box
3
Folder
3
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Patent fight with Goodyear over “leak proof” design, 1941
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Box
3
Folder
4
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List of exhibits for case before the Examiner of Trademark Interferences, circa 1953
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Box
3
Folder
5
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“Ray-O-Vac” exhibit book 1, exhibit 1-25 inclusive, 105 and 107
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Box
3
Folder
6-7
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“Leak proof” memos, 1950s
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Subseries: Yearly Reports
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Box
3
Folder
8
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Employee annual reports, 1942-1947
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Series: Financial Records
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Audit report, 1910
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Balance sheet at December 31, 1927 and statement of profit and loss accounts for the two years that date together with auditors' certificate, 1927 December 31
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Box
4
Folder
3-5
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Auditors' report, 1930-1932, 1934-1943
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Box
4
Folder
6-7
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Consolidated financial statements, 1938, 1941, 1954-1957
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Box
4
Folder
8
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Detailed report, 1944
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Financial statements (after renegotiation), 1944
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Box
4
Folder
10
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Financial statements with auditors' certificate, 1945
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Box
4
Folder
11-12
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Financial statements with auditors' report, 1945-1946, 1948-1949
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Box
5
Folder
1-2
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Financial statements with auditors' report,
1950-1953
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Expense reports, 1927, 1929
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Defective batteries credit, form #472, 1926
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Series: Employee Newsletters
: Not all newsletters have a complete run of issues.
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Box
5
Folder
3
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The French Flasher, 1919-1920
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Box
7
Folder
1-3
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Ray-O-Lite News, 1919-1926
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Box
5
Folder
4-6
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News from Home / from the Home Office of the French Battery Company, 1925-1928
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Box
5
Folder
7
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Ray-O-News, 1939-1940
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Box
5
Folder
8
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Madison's World / Ray-O-Vac, 1944-1945
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Box
5
Folder
9
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Scoops, 1950-1953
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Box
6
Folder
1-6
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Sparks, 1945-1972
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Box
5
Folder
10
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The Beacon: Employees' Magazine, 1973 June
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Box
5
Folder
11
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The Ray-O-Vac Forum, 1977 June
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Box
5
Folder
12
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Inside Rayovac, 1998-1999
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Box
5
Folder
13
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ESB Incorporated publications, 1967-1978
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Box
5
Folder
14
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Cellette / by RMR Corporation, 1945 May-July
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Box
5
Folder
15
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The Mil-Walkie-Talkie / by, for and about employees of Signal Battery Company, 1944-1945
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Box
5
Folder
16
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The Spark / published by the Employees of War Battery Company, Kansas City, Missouri, 1945
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Series: “Girls Activity Club”
: Organization for women employees of Rayovac.
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Box
8
Folder
1-3
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1949-1955
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Box
8
Folder
4-8
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1955-1963
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Box
8
Folder
9-11
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1964-1973
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Series: Products
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Subseries: Product Development
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Box
9
Folder
1
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Information about product drawings
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Box
9
Folder
2
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Dispenser #212 drawings, 1961 January 31
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Box
9
Folder
3
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Hearing aid battery dispenser product drawings, 1963-1967
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Box
9
Folder
4-5
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Product design, project #988 - 212 Hearing aid dispenser, circa 1964-1968
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Box
9
Folder
6
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Hearing aid battery dispenser drawings, 1965 October 26
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Box
9
Folder
7
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Product sketches and engineering drawings, 1967 June-September
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Box
9
Folder
8
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Hearing aid battery dispenser drawings, 1967 June 28-30
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Box
9
Folder
9-11
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Hearing aid battery dispenser drawings, 1967 July 31
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Box
9
Folder
12
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Product sketches, 1967 October 18
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Box
9
Folder
13
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Hearing aid battery dispenser drawings, 1968? March 29
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Box
9
Folder
14
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Project #988 Hearing aid cell dispensers, 1969 December 8
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Box
9
Folder
15
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Product sketches, 1977? November 30
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Box
9
Folder
16
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Product drawings: photocopies, 1985 January 25
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Oversize Folder
1
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Hearing aid battery dispenser concept art, color, 1965-1968
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Subseries: Advertising Materials
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Oversize Folder
2
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“French Flasher” advertisements, circa 1916
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Box
10
Folder
1
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The Ray-O-Vac Merchandiser newsletter, 1923-1930
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Box
11
Folder
1
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French Battery Company Advertising: scrapbook, 1925
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Box
11
Folder
2-3
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Advertisements, The Saturday Evening Post, circa 1925-circa 1928
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PH 3796
Oversize Folder
1
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Advertisements, The Saturday Evening Post, 1927, 1929
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Mss 1170
Box
11
Folder
3
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Advertisements, The Country Gentleman, 1928 April
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Ray-O-Vac Twins
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Box
11
Folder
5
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Sheet music, 1925-1927
- Deed I Do / by Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose, copyright 1926
- Dream Kisses / words by Jack Yellen, music by M.K. Jerome, copyright 1927
- I Wish You Were Jealous of Me / words and music by Earl Haubrich and Glen Rowel, copyright 1926
- My Pal Jerry / by Fred Rose, copyright 1926
- Tie Me to Your Apron Strings Again / words by Joe Goodwin, music by Larry Shay, copyright 1925
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PH 6807
Box
1
Folder
7
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Photographs, 1920s
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Oversize Folder
1
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Capitol Theater
: Includes information on Ray-O-Vac Twins and theater.
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Mss 1170
Box
9
Folder
17
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“Do You Sell Flash Lights?” The Texas Druggist, Vol. 49, No. 2, Forney Texas, p. 30, 1928 March
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Box
9
Folder
18
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Sales pitch, circa 1929?
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Oversize Folder
4
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Magazine advertising schedule, circa 1929-1930
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Box
9
Folder
22
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Product packaging, mockups, circa 1920s
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Box
11
Folder
6
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Radio “B” battery, 1928 August 8
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Product specs and ads, circa 1930s
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Box
9
Folder
19
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Flashlights
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Box
9
Folder
20
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Ignition and telephone
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Box
9
Folder
21
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Radio
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Box
9
Folder
23
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Captain Ray-O-Vac's Adventure and Game Book, 1952
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Box
10
Folder
3
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Advertising supplement, Capital Times and Wisconsin State Journal, 1967 May 26-27
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Box
11
Folder
8
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Commercial storyboards, 1980 August 8
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Box
11
Folder
9
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Terry Bradshaw ad campaign mock-up, 1980
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Box
11
Folder
8
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George Burns ad campaign mock-up, 1982
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Oversize Folder
10
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Special Olympics/Wisconsin Tourism ad campaign mock-ups, 1983
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Gremlins movie ad campaign, 1984
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Box
11
Folder
10
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Mock-ups
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Oversize Folder
6
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Mock-ups (continued)
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Oversize Folder
11
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Mock-ups (continued)
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Box
11
Folder
9
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Sesame Street ad campaign mock-up, 1986
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Box
10
Folder
4
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Trademarks: drawings, after 1986
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Box
10
Folder
5-6
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Rayovac Andy North Invitational for the Benefit of Special Olympics, circa 1986-1994
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Hearing aid battery ad campaigns
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Oversize Folder
7
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General, 1987, 1989
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Box
9
Folder
24
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Arnold Palmer, 1980s-1990s
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Oversize Folder
7
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Arnold Palmer, circa 1990-1993
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VHB 816
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Proline Better Hearing video with Arnold Palmer
VHS
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VHB 815
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Power Up1988-1989 ad campaign, 1988 July 8
VHS
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VHB 814
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Chamber of Commerce, 1989 January 30
VHS
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Mss 1170
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Michael Jordan ad campaigns
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Box
11
Folder
11-13
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1990s
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Oversize Folder
8-9
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Mock-ups, 1990s
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Oversize Folder
12
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Mock-ups, 1990s (continued)
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Oversize Folder
12
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Posters, 1990s
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Box
10
Folder
7
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Space Jam campaign, 1995
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PH 6807
Box
1
Folder
17
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Space Jam story board slides, circa 1995
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VHB 817
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Sales meeting with Michael Jordan, 1995 May 9
VHS
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VHB 818
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Renewal with Michael Jordan, 1995 November 7
VHS
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VHB 819
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Jordan announcement, undated
VHS
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Mss 1170
Box
11
Folder
14
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Rayovac Lifestyles, circa 2003-2004
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General advertisements
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Box
11
Folder
4
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1920s-1940s
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Oversize Folder
3
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circa 1929-1930
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Box
10
Folder
2
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1930s
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Oversize Folder
5
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1940s
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Box
11
Folder
7
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1980s-1990s
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VBC 445
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Commercials, undated
3/4-inch U-Matic
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Mss 1170
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Subseries: Product Pamphlets
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Box
9
Folder
25
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French Ray-O-Vac Radio Operating Manual and Broadcasting Station Directory, copyright 1925
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Box
9
Folder
26
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Radio batteries, 1920s
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Box
9
Folder
27
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Miscellaneous pamphlets, 1920s
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Box
9
Folder
28
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“A Visit to Ray-O-Vac,” undated
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Box
9
Folder
29
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“What is a Battery?”
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Box
9
Folder
30
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“Household Batteries and the Environment”: pamphlet, 1980s or 1990s?
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Box
9
Folder
31
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Facts about Storage Batteries / Exide Sales, Automotive Division, 1961
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PH 6807
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Series: Photographs
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Box
1
Folder
1
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French Battery and Carbon Company staff, 1908
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Oversize Folder
2
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“Employes [sic] of French Battery and Carbon Co.,” 1916 September 1
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Oversize Folder
2
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“French Battery & Carbon Co. Picnic, Bernard's Park,” 1919 June 28
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Box
1
Folder
2-3
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First factory, 1910s-1920s
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Female employees, 1919-1926
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Office staff, 1920s-1960s
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Oversize Folder
1
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Luncheon, 1950s
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Labs, 1920s
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Ray-O-Vac Twins, 1920s
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Oversize Folder
1
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Capitol Theater and the Ray-O-Vac Twins, 1928
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PH 628
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French Battery and Carbon Company, Madison, Wisconsin / photographs by
Photoart House of Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1921
- Wrapping flashlight batteries
- Assembling dry batteries
- Another view of sealing dept.
- Sealing dept.
- Making tubes
- Making zink [sic] tubes
- Making tests
- Corner of laboratory
- Dining room for employes [sic]
- Part view of office
- Front view of main building
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PH 3796
Box 1
Folder 1
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French Battery and Carbon Company, Madison, Wisconsin factory / photographs by Photoart House of Madison, Wisconsin, 1926
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Box 1
Folder 2
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World War II, circa 1941-1945
: Includes official United States Army photographs.
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PH 6807
Box
1
Folder
8-9
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Rayovac and Signal Battery companies during World War II
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Box
1
Folder
10
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“Sparks” EEs socializing, 1940s-1950s
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Plant interiors and employees, circa 1954
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Madison plant operations, 1955
: Mostly black and white prints taken by The Port of New York Authority. Also includes a few negatives.
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Oversize Folder
1
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Zinc Can Manufacturing Plant, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, undated
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Oversize Folder
1
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Plant interiors, undated
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Box
1
Folder
13
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Rayovac day at Milwaukee Braves game, circa 1953-1965
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Box
1
Folder
14
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Appleton plant color slides, 1973-1974
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Box
1
Folder
15-16
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Madison plant insurance valuation photos, 1982
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Box
1
Folder
17
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Advertising storyboard slides, circa 1990s
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PH 3796
Box 1
Folder 3
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Products, circa 1949
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Box 1
Folder 4
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Portraits, 1930s-1970s
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Box 1
Folder 5
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Groups, including Ray-O-Vac Twins, 1930s-1970s
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Box 1
Folder 6
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Miscellaneous, circa 1950s-1960s
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Audio 1727A
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Series: Audio Recordings
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1727A/1
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Battery production at the Madison Plant, 1951 September
18 minutes; reel to reel
: Audio to be played with film: CC 666.
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1727A/2
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Employee orientation, 1986
Cassette tape
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Training and Sales
16-inch discs, 33 1/3 rpm
: Discs originally to be played with slide shows (not in collection).
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1727A/3
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Ray-O-Vac Company presents “Background for Leadership” sales version
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1727A/4
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Ray-O-Vac Company presents “More Life in a Padded Cell” sales version
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1727A/5
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The Story of Ray-O-Vac (training version); first copy
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M82-059
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Series: Unprocessed Materials
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Box 1
Folder 1
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"History of Ray-O-Vac Company," before 1966
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Box 1
Folder 2
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The Rayovac Story: The First 75 Years / by Kenneth D. Ruble, 1981
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Box 1
Folder 3
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Annual reports, by-laws, organization structure, 1938-1966
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Box 1
Folder 4
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General sales conferences, 1951-1957
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Box 1
Folder 5
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Sales catalogs, 1920s-1960s
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Box 1
Folder 6
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Trademarks, patents, 1920s-1950s
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Box 1
Folder 7
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Carl "Doc" Swenson, 1965-1967
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Box 1
Folder 8
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"Current Industrial Report Dry Cell Batteries and Cases," 1961
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Box 1
Folder 9
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Rayovac collection, 1990
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Box 1
Folder 10
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Miscellaneous publications, 1920s-1980s
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Box 1
Folder 11
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News clippings and miscellaneous, 1920s-1950s
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Box 2
Folder 1-2
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Catalogue and price pages, 1921-1926
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Box 2
Folder 3
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"Ray-O-Lite Sales Idea Book," circa 1924
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Box 3
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Scrapbooks with advertisements, 1920s-1940s
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