Billhead - Ackerman, Block & Co., San Francisco, April 20, 1883

This billhead from Ackerman, Block & Co. in San Francisco, dated April 20, 1883, details a transaction with S. Chielovich & Co. for various household and mercantile goods. Ackerman, Block & Co. is identified as importers of "Crockery, Glassware, Plated Ware, Cutlery, Lamps, Kerosene Goods, House Furnishing Goods, Clocks, Etc." The billhead lists numerous items such as punch tumblers, sherries, med & ales, honey mitchels, bar tumblers, bars, thins, fancies, cut caraffes, Derby liqueures, cordials, bittertubes, pedral paid pears, singes, buggy bar rd chgs, car kerosene, eng bottled, and Chaguagh glasses, with their respective quantities and prices. The total amount for the transaction is 185.5960. The document features ornate Victorian-style lettering for the business names and a notice at the top stating, "OUR GOODS BEING PACKED BY EXPERIENCED PACKERS, NO CLAIMS FOR BREAKAGE CAN BE MADE." 3.

Associated People/Businesses

• Ackerman
• Block

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Crockery
• Glassware
• Plated Ware
• Cutlery
• Lamps
• Kerosene Goods
• House Furnishing Goods
• Clocks
• Wholesale trade
• Retail trade
• Mercantile
• San Francisco
• California
• 1880s
• Victorian Era

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 12, Folder 11