Subject: Paper

Billhead from S. Marcus, a paper warehouse located in Montgomery, Alabama. Dated July 26, 1883. The billhead is a short note from S. Marcus to Eagle & Phenix Manufacturing Company, a cotton mill in Columbus, Georgia. The note refers to the shipment of “1 bale of Hood, straw of bursyp.” The billhead has an ornate header with a small decorative graphic.

Billhead from Mayer, Strouse & Co. The billhead indicates an office at 412 Broadway and a factory in New Haven, Connecticut. It also notes that the company received a gold medal at the Paris Exposition of 1889. The date on the record is January 21, 1894.