Local repositories for ephemera in local history societies

WHO ELSE VALUES EPHEMERA? DON’T OVERLOOK THE ROLE OF THE LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY.

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Service award from Kennon Tannery, size unknown, 1897.
Service award from Kennon Tannery, size unknown, 1897.

J Kennon & Sons Tannery operated from River Street, Richmond.  The family business must have started in at least 1847 (for 50 years of service by 1897) and was a well-known Richmond landmark for nearly 100 years before it closed in 1960. 

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