Letter from Joseph Elfelt of Code, Elfelt & Co. to S. R. Buford & Co., May 14, 1880

A letter dated May 14, 1880, written on the letterhead of Code, Elfelt & Co., a San Francisco-based manufacturer of pickles and hermetically sealed goods. The letter was sent to S. R. Buford & Co. in Virginia City, Montana. The verso of the letter includes a detailed product broadside. The letter arrived with a damaged transmittal cover.

Associated People/Businesses

• Elfelt, Joseph

Geography

• San Francisco
• Virginia City
• Montana

Subjects

• Pickles
• Food preservation
• Business Correspondence
• 19th Century Business
• Jewish American Merchants

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 1, Folder 38