Subject: Mattresses

Billhead from August 1, 1870, for Ferdinand Singer, a wholesale and retail dealer in paper hangings, curtain goods, window shades, upholstery goods and materials, and manufacturer of mattresses and bedding in St. Louis, Missouri. The billhead features decorative type on the header and an R15c revenue stamp with a hand cancel in the lower left.

This archival item is a billhead from Lavenson, M. / Adler, manufacturers of mattresses and bedding, wholesale dealers in feather, spring beds, and cots. The business was located at 309 North Second Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The billhead is dated April 3, 1884. The billhead was acquired by the ASD (presumably, a collector or archive).

Billhead for Locke & Lavenson, a Sacramento, California business dealing in carpets, oil cloths, window shades, paper hangings, and mattresses. The billhead is dated January 24, 1866, and lists their address as 172 J Street, between Sixth and Seventh Streets. Accompanying the billhead is a wood block print of a sewing machine.