Sign, Otto H. Lichtenberg

Object/Artifact

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Ripon Historical Society

Name/Title

Sign, Otto H. Lichtenberg

Entry/Object ID

2025.286.1

Description

Wooden sign shaped like a mortar and pestle. Reads: Dr. Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup, Otto H. Lichtenberg."

Context

In an 1878 Princeton Republic newspaper it was reported that Otto had a drug store in the "Hubbard House block." The Society has a Zobel Bible in the collection with Mathilda Zobel's name on the cover. Inside, is the signature of Otto Lichtenberg. Mathilda married Otto and moved to Princeton. Until 1919, he was a druggist. Anna Mathilde Zobel Lichtenberg Born to Carl Samuel "charles" Zobel and Bertha "betta" Kraes Zobel. Anna Mathilde Zobel Lichtenberg passed away on 1938and was buried in Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery in Princeton, WI. Anna Mathilde Zobel Lichtenberg was married to Otto H. Lichtenberg and had 6 children: Ida Beate Lichtenberg, Anna Ottilie Johanna Lichtenberg, Oscar Henry Lichtenberg, Jenny Lichtenberg Dalies, Edna Lichtenberg, Herman J. Lichtenberg.

Acquisition

Accession

2025.286

Acquisition Method

Donation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sign, Advertising

Nomenclature Class

Advertising Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

27 in

Width

17 in