Subject: Dairy Products

Billhead from Getz Brothers Dairy Produce Provisions, located at 209 & 211 Market Street, San Francisco, California. The date on the billhead is May 19, 1887.

Brass plate, rectangular in shape, that was soldered to a milk can for identification. The name 'Melenski, A.' is hammered into the plate. The plate originates from New York, New York and is circa 1890s. The plate is currently stored in the Archives, MS.56, Objects Box 1.

Lithograph advertisement for Breakstone's Best Butter, manufactured under the supervision of Rabbi Liber Cohen. The advertisement indicates the company's address as 518 W. 179th Street. The advertisement depicts butter and cream cheese. The date is estimated based on contextual information as 1940.

Shipping tag instructing shipment of eggs and butter to 362 Greenwich Street. The tag is blank except for the address. The date is estimated based on other materials in the collection (January 1, 1915). Found in Archives MS 56, Volume 18, Page 25.

This trade card features an engraved portrait of John Hancock on the front, with the name "Hancock" printed below and "Bufford Boston" in the bottom right corner, indicating the publisher or printer. The reverse side presents a "Directory of Reliable Business Men on Fulton Street, BROOKLYN," listing various businesses, their industries, and street numbers. Businesses include a one-price clothier, cigar store, hotel and restaurant, saddle & harness maker, hatter, fashionable boot & shoe maker, fine groceries, photographer, dyeing establishment, dry goods store, central tea company, butter/cheese/egg supplier, fruit/wine/liquor store, music store, furniture store, bakery, butcher, fancy goods store, gent's furnishing goods store, and sporting goods store. The card serves as an advertisement and business reference, typical of late 19th-century mercantile practices.