Billhead - J. Mandlebaum & Sons, Hartford, Connecticut, October 16, 1885

This billhead from J. Mandlebaum & Sons, successors to Stern & Mandlebaum, details a transaction with M. Cutter, Kingston & Co. dated October 16, 1885, in Hartford, Connecticut. The invoice lists various fancy goods and notions, including safety pins, damask, cupboard braid, fancy edge braid, bone crochet hooks, tape measures, ladies silk goods, red working cotton, Ruth file counts, Art, mending cotton, and Woolly Dell Germantown yarn, along with their respective quantities, unit prices, and extended totals. The billhead features prominent, ornate Victorian-style typography for the business names, a small decorative emblem for "Telephone Connection," and a printed statement that "All Claims to be made within Five Days from Receipt of Goods." **3.

Associated People/Businesses

• J. Mandlebaum
• Stern
• Mandlebaum, J. & Sons

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Fancy goods
• Notions
• Wool
• Yarns
• Dry goods
• Retail trade
• Wholesale trade
• Importers
• Jobbers
• 19th Century
• Victorian Era
• Hartford, Connecticut
• Billhead

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 20, Folder 8