Subject: Ornate lettering

This billhead from Arnold, Nusbaum & Nirdlinger, wholesale dealers in ready-made clothing, cloths, cassimeres, vestings, and tailor trimmings, records a transaction with Mr. Samuel Haggerty on August 28, 1863. The bill lists items such as "Cap" and "Melton" with quantities and prices, totaling $35.40, and notes a payment received. The billhead features ornate Victorian-style lettering for the business name and a decorative border around the "Terms" section in the upper left corner.

This billhead details multiple purchases made by R. C. Halliday from Eliel Brothers, a general store in Dillon, Montana, specializing in clothing, dry goods, carpets, and various household and apparel items. The transactions span from March 3 to June 20, 1891, and include goods such as white wraps, crochet cotton, ribbons, embroidery silk, socks, calico, and crash, with a listed return of dry goods on June 13. The total amount is 19.09. The document features ornate Victorian-style lettering for the business name and a decorative border, characteristic of late 19th-century commercial stationery. **3.

This billhead from Monheimer Bros., wholesale and retail dealers in dry goods, gents' furnishing goods, fancy goods, carpets, linoleums, oil cloths, and matting, is dated February 1, 1884, in Leadville, Colorado. It is addressed to Mrs. H. H. Tomkins and notes a "Bill rendered last month" for $6.60. The reverse side bears a "PAID" stamp dated "FEB 1 1884 H.H.Tomkins & Co.". The item features ornate Victorian-style lettering for "MONHEIMER BROS." and includes details like their P.O. Box and a note that "All Bills Payable on the First of the Month." 3.

This billhead from Wolff Brothers & Co. details an invoice for various hats, caps, and straw goods purchased by Durarak & Beckman. The items listed include specific styles such as "Brawers Albia," "Georgia College," "Bluebird Scotch," "Blue Moscos," "Coyp Roller," "Parisian," "Albion," "Valurbans," "Garfield," "Blue Ruskie," "Blue Franklin," "Pearl Empire," and "Low brown Nelson," with quantities and prices for each. The total amount is 179.50. The bill notes shipment via "Mo Valley" and that the balance will follow. The billhead features a decorative masthead with an ornate company logo depicting a shield crest flanked by hats, and the business name "Wolff Brothers & Co." in a stylized script. Below this, the types of goods sold—"HATS, CAPS, STRAW GOODS, GLOVES AND UMBRELLAS"—are presented with elaborate Victorian-style borders and varied typography. 3.