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Blotter, Advertising

1920 Approximate

Standard Lumber Company Ink Blotter. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 6 1/2". Description: yellow card stock rectangle with black and red graphic of a lump of coal over a red railroad track, "Famous Reading Anthracite"; other print on card front, "Chuck full of Heat That's why it's economical; keep our bin full of this...quality fuel; Standard Lumber Company, Janesville, Minnesota"; reverse side features a pink surface ink blotter.

Part of a collection of hunting items collected by Alvin Olson who lived in Waseca with his wife Eleanora Olson for about 20 years. He was born at Willow Creek between Mapleton and Amboy. Eleanora Olson was born and raised in Mankato and had family on the Roemhildt side near Elysian and Janesville.