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Fine gold plated pin. Medallion depicts Columbus landing attached to framed red, white, and blue ribbon. Commemorative inscription on back; "Discovery of America 1492 World's Columbian Exposition Chicago, Ills. U.S.A. 1893." handwritten note…

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Eight line poem composed by the Boller family on the occasion of Claude Villette Boller's mother's sixtieth birthday on August 19, 1888. First line by Mother, Mary Boller. Second line by Claude's brother Frank, also known as Jacob Frank Boller.…

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A St. Valentine's Day poem composed by Katherine Tannis-Boller for her husband, Claude Villette Boller, in 1905.

Piano Recital by the Pupils of Miss Ada A. Boller.
A three page program of a piano recital given by the students of Miss Ada A. Boller, Mr. Boller's sister, on Saturday, June 7, 1902 at 8 p.m. at Ryder Memorial Church on Kimball Avenue near 64th Street in Chicago, Illinois. The first piece was…

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A leaflet about the Founders of Montgomery Ward & Co., A. Montgomery Ward and George R. Thorne.

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And article written in the Montgomery Ward & Co. newsletter from 1905 about Mr. Boller leaving the company for a job in New York at A. L. Werner & Co.

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Image of Mr. C. V. Boller taken from "Up From the Ranks," Among Ourselves, a Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Interests of the Employees of Montgomery Ward & Co., Chicago, vol. 1, no. 9 (June 1904): 435.

Up From the Ranks: Mr. Boller.
An article about Mr. Boller's employment history with Montgomery Ward & Co. taken from "Up From the Ranks," Among Ourselves, a Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Interests of the Employees of Montgomery Ward & Co., Chicago, vol. 1, no. 9 (June 1904):…

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A 1905 advertisement by Montgomery Ward & Co. for their free mail-order catalog. The boarder features illustrations and prices for 29 individual items.

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This is a brochure announcing the Montgomery Ward & Co. Clerks' Benefit Society's Third Annual Picnic which took place at Fox River Grove on July 18, 1903.
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