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[[Image:model.jpg|left|thumb|300px|1976 advertisement. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]] | [[Image:model.jpg|left|thumb|300px|1976 advertisement. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]] | ||
[[Image:modelWP.jpg|left|thumb|300px|c. 1912. Photographer unknown, “[Model Wallpaper & Paint Company],” Loras College Digital Collections, accessed April 12, 2014, https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/106.]] | |||
[[Image:modelwall.jpg|right|thumb|300px|1955 advertisement. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]] | [[Image:modelwall.jpg|right|thumb|300px|1955 advertisement. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]] | ||
[[File:modelwallpaper.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Block used for printing. Photo courtesy: Joe Jacobsmeier]] | [[File:modelwallpaper.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Block used for printing. Photo courtesy: Joe Jacobsmeier]] | ||
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MODEL WALLPAPER & PAINT COMPANY. The company was founded in Dubuque in 1899 by [[GIEGERICH, Albert|Albert GIEGERICH]] and Ernst Wesselhoft. The company slogan was "House of Quality Since 1899." | MODEL WALLPAPER & PAINT COMPANY. The company was founded in Dubuque in 1899 by [[GIEGERICH, Albert|Albert GIEGERICH]] and Ernst Wesselhoft. The company slogan was "House of Quality Since 1899." | ||
The 1911-1912 through the | The 1911-1912 through the 1993 '''Dubuque City Directory''' listed 950 Main. | ||
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Chronology '79, Telegraph Herald, p. 5 | Chronology '79, ''Telegraph Herald'', p. 5 | ||
[[Category: Home Furnishings]] | [[Category: Home Furnishings]] | ||
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c. 1912. Photographer unknown, “[Model Wallpaper & Paint Company],” Loras College Digital Collections, accessed April 12, 2014, https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/106.
MODEL WALLPAPER & PAINT COMPANY. The company was founded in Dubuque in 1899 by Albert GIEGERICH and Ernst Wesselhoft. The company slogan was "House of Quality Since 1899."
The 1911-1912 through the 1993 Dubuque City Directory listed 950 Main.
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Chronology '79, Telegraph Herald, p. 5