THE EPHEMERA OF BUSINESS

George Washington Bank interest check with left side Washington vignette and right side revenue stamp. I collect paper that has Washington's likeness on it pre-1900. This was an exciting buy for me! 1842 billhead that has a stenciled header. I have wanted one of these checks for awhile. I love the Neptune graphic on the left and has a nice printed revenue stamp at center, Add caption

Commercial lithography in Wisconsin centered around Milwaukee area where it began in 1852 when Henry Seifert established a plant. Seifert would soon be joined by the Guglers and Jacob Knauber, as the early lithographers of Milwaukee . Jacob Knauber (1846-1905) headed the firm of J. Knauber Lithographing Company from 1867 until his death. Knauber was born in Heidelburg Germany in 1846 and died in Milwaukee in 1905. He became a lithographer and engraver in Milwaukee heading his own firm J. Knauber Lithographing Company from 1867 until his death. He was apprenticed to a lithographer in St Louis at the age of 15. The firm would be incorporated in 1888. Knauber had three sons who also worked at the firm, Arthur, Walter and Richard.