Billheads & Letterheads
Silk,Velvet,Fashion,Luxury Clothing and Goods,History of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Robb Winebrener & Co, 1840. A handwritten receipt for payment on engraved billhead for Robb Winebrener & Co., recording the sale of the British silk, a velvet collar, pantaloons, a vest, and box. The total comes out to $55.50 (approx. $2,000 in modern currency). The purchaser is recorded.....
Price: $225.00
Lumber Mills,Illustrated Billheads
Memphis, Tennessee: Williams & Co, 1864. An attractive illustrated billhead for Williams & Co. Saw and Planing Mills, featuring an elaborate illustration at the head of the companies building bustling with workers and activity. Finished in contemporary ink and dated Oct 29, 1864, recording a sale of "9 pieces", perhaps.....
Price: $150.00
Letterhead,Job Printing,Publishers and Printers
Norfolk, Virginia: Pollock & Barcroft, 1885. An 1885 handwritten letter on letterhead advertising the publishers, job printers, and binders Pollock & Barcroft of Norfolk, Virginia. The letter itself is dated December 15, 1885 and addressed to Col. William D. Coleman of Danville, Virginia. The subject of the letter is regarding.....
Price: $100.00
Circuses and Carnival Entertainment,Hotels,Vaudeville,Minstrel and Depictions of Race
United States: 1910s-1930s. A whimsical collection of 1910s-1930s ephemera related to circuses and carnival acts, including illustrated letterheads, postcards, handbills, and hotel stationary. Collected by one individual who was, presumably, a traveling performer, it is a unique collection in that it contains stationary from the fancy hotels he (she?) was.....
Price: $3,200.00
Hardware,Mouse Traps
Abingdon, Illinois: Abingdon Trap Company, 1900. Illustrated circular and sales letter on company billhead advertising mouse traps sold by the Abingdon Trap Co. Specifically promotes the "Diamond Joe Mouse and Rat Traps" line of products. Includes a photo of the traps in the box, as well as before and after.....
Price: $150.00
Cotton Industry
Howard County, Maryland: Alberton Cotton Factory, 1871. Illustrated letterhead for the Alberton Cotton Factory, featuring at lively image of the factory with people, a horse and buggy, nearby domiciles, and a steaming locomotive going by. Below is a letter handwritten ink by the Treasurer of the company to Mr. William.....
Price: $175.00
Illustrated Letterhead,Cemeteries,Death and Mourning
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The Armor Lith. Co, 1880s. Attractive illustrated letterhead, published for Pittsburgh's Allegheny Cemetery in the 1880s. The lithograph at the head reproduces a steel engraving of the entrance to the cemetery. Two (2) copies, both cropped and neither used. Both measure approx. 5.5" by 8"
Price: $85.00
Satan, Devil Iconography, Thermos
Norwich, Connecticut: American Thermos Company, 1915. Illustrated letterhead for the American Thermos Company, featuring a rather fabulous 1908 illustration of the devil and what appears to be an anthropomorphized snowman holding thermoses with the caption "It is never too hot or too cold for the man with a thermos bottle".....
Price: $200.00
Illustrated Letterhead,Saloon and Store Furnishings and Fittings
Buffalo, New York: M.J. Bernhard, 1898. A particularly attractive illustrated billhead, featuring a large color image of a saloon with large wooden bar, billiard tables, and elaborate chest. Advertises M.J. Bernhard, manufacturers of pool and billiard tables, water motor fans, saloon and store fixtures, cigar cases, and bar screens. Measures.....
Price: $225.00
Anatomical Preparations, Human Hair
New York City: 1868. A 5 1/4" x 8" billhead from Julien Ledion, Anatomical Preparations, of every description, in Wa, Papier Mache, &c. Osteology. No. 19 Bleecker Street. Dec 29, 1868. Addressed toC. Hartung & Co, which I found to be an importer of human hair. The bill is for.....
Price: $125.00
Billheads and Receipts,Booksellers and Stationers
Bangor, Maine: E.F. Dillingham, 1903. Handwritten receipt on printed billhead for E.F. Dillingham, a Bangor-based "Bookseller, Stationer, and Blank Book Manufacturer" as well as a dealer in "Fine Wall Papers and Room Mouldings". Records the sale of an album and stationary to a Mrs. A.W. Knowlton of Newbury, Maine. Billhead.....
Price: $85.00
lettersheet, Eastman place, engraving, manor
Poughkeepsie, NY: [1880]. A single fold unused lettersheet with a black and white illustration depicting the Eastman Place, the home of Harvey G. Eastman (1832-1878) in Poughkeepsie, NY. The image shows a the house in the distance, surrounded by manicured grounds and large trees. There is a stone walkway that.....
Price: $60.00
printing, poultry, live stock, farming, farmers, advertising, billhead, stationary
New York: Riverside Press. A catalogue that list and provides examples of illustrations that Poultry and Live Stock Breeders can use while advertising their products. At the beginning there is a price list for different sizes of envelopes, note head, memo head, letter heads, statements, shipping tags, post cards, circulars.....
Price: $100.00
Women's Work,Laundry and Domestic Work,Steam Laundries and Industrialization
Concord, New Hampshire: Concord Steam Laundry, 1893. An illustrated 1890s billhead for Concord Steam Laundry, featuring a detailed image of about a dozen women at work and being overseen by a man in the doorway. Shows the different tasks and modern machinery operated by the women, including large barrels used.....
Price: $200.00
Japonisme,Woodworking
Buffalo, New York: Cutting & Delaney, 1885. Handwritten letter on illustrated letterhead from Cutting & Delaney, discussing pricing with a potential client for the firm's specialty Japonisme-inspired woodwork, including fret work, grilles, and fine carvings, screens. The letterhead illustration and typography both showcase the company's distinct Eastern-inspired style, which was.....
Price: $125.00
Illustrated Letterhead
Buffalo, New York: 1902. An attractive example of illustrated letterhead, with a depiction of a closed ledger in the upper left-hand corner. Lithographed for The Mercantile Agency, R.G. Dun & Co., a credit reporting agency founded in 1841. Dated April 24th, 1902, with a typewritten message about balance owed by.....
Price: $100.00
Falls Bridge, Petition, D. Briggs & Co., Holyoke, South Hadley, Receipt
1870. The documents include As a single-fold 9 3/4" x 7 3/4" hand written pledge petition beginning with "We the undersigned interested in a Bridge between Holyoke & South Hadley Falls promise to pay the amount opposite our respective names for the purpose of processing plans and making surveys for.....
Price: $275.00
Billheads and Receipts,Fancy Goods Dealer
Lebanon, New Hampshire: H.W. Carter, 1873. An early 1870s illustrated billhead promoting H.W. Carter, a Lebanon, New Hampshire importer and wholesale dealer of "British, French, German and American Fancy Goods" ranging from hosiery and gloves to brushes, ivory combs, silver ware, buttons, and imported cigars. The large wood engraved illustration.....
Price: $200.00
Illustrated Letterhead,Newspaper Publishing
Morristown, New Jersey: Vogt Bros., True Democratic Banner, 1891. An early 1890s letter handwritten on illustrated letterhead produced for the Vogt Brothers, editors and owners of the True Democratic Banner, a New Jersey newspaper. Dated Sept. 28, 1891, the letter offers information to a Mr. Drake Esq. about product pricing.....
Price: $125.00
California Wines and Vineyards,Oenology and Viticulture,Billheads and Receipts
Knight's Ferry, California: Red Mountain Vineyard, 1893. An early 1890s billhead recording a sale of port and other goods to a customer of Red Mountain Vineyard, a vineyard based in Knight's Ferry, California run by H.R. Schell. Includes decorative typography at the head printed in gold and brown. Lists the.....
Price: $225.00
Milton Bradley,Circulars,Billheads
Springfield, Massachusetts: Milton Bradley & Co, 1867. Two (2) pieces of early Milton Bradley ephemera, including a lithographed circular and a handwritten receipt on company billhead. The receipt records the purchase of a monogram (perhaps on stationery?) in the amount of $4.25. The billhead markets the company as "Lithographers, Engravers.....
Price: $250.00
Illustrated Billheads,Mineral Water,History of Boston,Theaters
[Boston, Massachusetts]: Fairbanks & Beard, 1858. Illustrated billhead for Fairbanks & Beard, dealers in "Mineral and Soda Waters, Porter, Ale, Cider, and Brown Stout". Made out in ink to a Mr. Wm. Almey for the sale of soda water, dated Feb 28th, 1858. The billhead depicts the famous Howard Athenaeum.....
Price: $125.00
Salesman Sample Books and Dummies,Billheads and Letterheads,Lithography,Papermaking,Offset Printing
United States: 1890s-1957. A set of five (5) salesman sample books of letterheads and billheads, including dozens of samples published between the 1890s and 1957. Provides a comprehensive look into how businesses and individuals advertised their brands via their correspondence, and also a look into job printing at this time.....
Price: $300.00
Undertakers,Illustrated Billhead
Phialdelphia, Pennsylvania: Chas. G. Hookey, General Furnishing Undertaker, 1867. Illustrated billhead for the undertaker and coffin dealer Charles G. Hookey, with an image of a widow mourning at her husband's grave with a young girl at her side. Note the final charge on the bill, "Interment of Child"; the billhead.....
Price: $125.00