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Collection: Invoice and Receipt Collection

Title: Invoice and Receipt Collection

Object ID: MG0253

Date Range: 1852-1956

business, date of purchase, and date of payment. Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization) System of Arrangement: Arranged by subject. Conditions for Access: No restrictions. Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research

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Collection: Invoice and Receipt Collection

Title: Invoice and Receipt Collection

Description: The Invoice and Receipt Collection contains billheads for purchases from Lancaster County businesses or by residents of the county. These invoices and receipts show some or all of the following information: the name of the customer, item(s) purchased, cost, location and description of business, date of purchase, and date of payment.

System of Arrangement: Arranged by subject.

Date Range: 1852-1956

Year Range From: 1852

Year Range To: 1956

Date of Accumulation: 1852-1956

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Brinton, Susana; Brunner, A.; Crosley, T. T.; Donnelly, Mary T.; Griel, H. M.; Hale, Joseph P.; Hauck, Samuel M.; Heinekamp, William; Leib, J. C.; Miller, Bert; Miller, Edward F.; Miller, John Brubaker; Packer, Roy; Rengier, Charles F., Jr.; Renno, David; Root, Harvey Shimp; Rutter, Eugene M.; Scott, E. S.; Scott, S. H.; Shaibley, C. W.; Shaub, Percy H.; Shindle, B. S.; Shortlage, Helen; Simon, Lewis; Stuckenholz, Justus; Trout, A. S.; Trout, A. W.; Wild, James F.

Subjects: Billheads; Invoices; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Billheads; Clarion Printing House; Columbia Wagon Company; E. M. Rutter and Company; Edison Electric Company; Finding aids; Freed, Ward and Freed; Heinitsh Paint Company; Hoffmeier Brothers; Invoices; J. Bowman and Sons; J. C. Budding Company; J. C. Leib and Company; Keystone Metal Weather Strip Company; Lancaster County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company; Long and Davidson; Maennerchor Hotel; Manuscript groups; Mary T. Donnelly Suit Shop; Metzger Brothers and Company; Musselman Bros.; New Holland Water Department; Overly and Good; Philip Schum, Son and Company; Piersol Carpet Company; Receipts; St. Luke's Episcopal Church; Stauffer Home Improvements, Inc.; Steam Cracker and Biscuit Bakery; Steinman Hardware; Sylvan View Dairy

Extent: 1 box, 12 folders, .15 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0253

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Business and Industry Collection (MG0107); Business Letterhead Collection (MG0254); Billheads from the Commissioners' Orders for Payment Collection (MG0182); Advertising and Promotional Collection (MG0153)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Invoice and Receipt Collection (MG0253), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-253

Classification: MG0253

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The Invoice and Receipt Collection was formerly called the Bills of Sale Collection. The title of the collection was changed on 25 August 2021 to reflect the items in the collection.; This collection was originally cataloged prior to 1997 and the finding aid is updated as items are added. Added to database 25 August 2021.

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Bag, Grain

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Collection: Science, Medicine & Technology Collection

Object ID: 2003.073

Date Range: 1930-1960

Collection: Science, Medicine & Technology Collection

Description: Grain bag, "John W. Eshelman and Sons / Lancaster, PA / Est. 1842.

Date Range: 1930-1960

Year Range From: 1930

Year Range To: 1960

Storage Location: LCHS / Willson Memorial Building

Storage Room: Museum West

Storage Wall: CC N

Storage Cabinet: Unit 02

Storage Shelf: SH3

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Object Name: Bag, Grain

Material: Cotton

Length (in): 41.5

Width (in): 34.5

Condition: Good

Object ID: 2003.073

Accession Number: 2003.073

Box

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Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 2002.030.2

Date Range: 1937-1951

Collection: General Collection

Description: box for "Allison" type watch (see 2002.030.1)

Date Range: 1937-1951

Year Range From: 1937

Year Range To: 1951

Made By: Hamilton Watch Company

Storage Location: LCHS / Willson Memorial Building

Storage Room: Guild Vault

Storage Wall: South Wall

Storage Cabinet: Unit 01

Storage Drawer: Drawer 15

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Object Name: Box

Length (in): 10

Width (in): 1.5

Condition: Excellent

Object ID: 2002.030.2

Place of Origin: Lancaster

Accession Number: 2002.030

Ephemera

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Collection: History Collection

Object ID: 2006.040

Collection: History Collection

Description: Dogtags reading, "Ripple, Paul / 13202280 / Harold Ripple / 152 Wilson Dr / Lancaster, PA"; Metal chain (formerly gold in color , now fading) with small decorated plate: above the possible medical corps insignia (caduceus underneath a large letter A) the plate reads "2nd Lt. PH Ripple" and below, "MA-AUS"; Badge. Blue trim, golden underlay, a blue oillamp[?] crossed by blue and gold sword.; Badge. Blue and white with blue three-pointed symbol in center.; Badges. Similar V-shaped badges. One with black trim, olive green center, more frayed (perhaps older). The other has a navy blue faded trim with a beige center and is in excellent condition.; Pin may denote rank?

Year Range From: 1942

Year Range To: 1953

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Object Name: Ephemera

Material: Cloth, Metal

Object ID: 2006.040

Accession Number: 2006.040

Gun, Cap

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Collection: History Collection: Business & Industry

Object ID: 2014.003.3a-c

Collection: History Collection: Business & Industry

Description: Pair of metal cap guns (A & B) with holsters on belt (C) by Hubley Manufacturing. Identical plated metal handguns with molded brown & white plastic grips. Raised foliate decoration on barrel, 6-cylinder and cocking hammer. "MARSHAL" molded on each side under cylinder; cleaning rod has "HUBLEY" and "MADE IN USA" on opposing sides. Left side of cylinder swivels open to chamber for mounting roll of caps.; Leather holsters mounted on adjustable two-piece leather belt with stamped metal buckle at front decorated with longhorn steer, horse-and-horseshoe, six-gun and Indian chief. Series of double holes at back of belt with metal "clasp" or keeper fitted into holes at back for size adjustment. Additional part missing for this closure. Elaborate oak-and-leaf stamped decoration overall of light brown leather against a dark brown ground. Highlighted with bold palomino colored horses, one on each side of belt and each holster front. Constructed with stitching and metal fasteners having "H" on each fastener head. Holster ends fitted with looped leather thong hanging down in double strands for tying to legs.

Year Range From: 1955

Year Range To: 1965

Made By: Hubley Manufacturing Company

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: West Wall

Storage Cabinet: Unit 39

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Object Name: Gun, Cap

Material: Metal, Leather

Height (in): 13

Length (in): 36

Dimension Details: Height excludes thong; length is the measure of fully extended belt halves.

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2014-04-22

Condition Notes: Leather shows wear, especially the front belt parts and holsters are distorted, creased and abraded. Overall decoration has moderate wear. Reverse of leather has sections with strong wear that are shedding or delaminating. Guns have corrosion on and around hammers. Gun (B) has small loss of plastic at bottom corner of grip. Sizing holes in back odstretched, most grommets appear to be missing and one hole torn through to edge.