Subject: Stoves

Invoice from Cerf, Schloss & Company, manufacturers' agents for lamps and stoves, located at 119 Battery Street, San Francisco. Dated August 10, 1886, and indicates a purchase by the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, Carson City, Nevada. The billhead includes an itemized list of the transaction. The billhead has a printed header and decorative elements, such as a company logo for electric lamps and stoves.

Invoice from Friedman & Co., wholesale and retail dealers in stoves, tin plate, sheet iron, wire, copper, zinc, tin and Japanned Ware, located at the corner of Front and Stark Streets, Portland, Oregon. Dated July 31, 1865. The bill lists two safes purchased by the Bank of British Columbia. The billhead features a 15c revenue stamp, payable in gold coin. The bill is written in an ornate cursive.

Invoice from Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson, dealers in stoves and metals located at the corner of Market and Beale streets, San Francisco, California. Dated December 13, 1882. The bill is for a large purchase of hardware items by Bird & Dinkelspiel in Birds Landing, California, totaling $39.78. The billhead includes an image of the business storefront and lists an office in New York City at 99 Pearl St.

Invoice from McDuff Cohen, a dealer in tinware, stoves, grates, house furnishing goods, and other items located at 130 Meeting Street, opposite Pavilion Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina. Dated January 1, 1869. The invoice is for “3 1/2 lbs Sheet Iron,” “Repairs to Stove” and “Setting up panner” purchased by Col. Nichols. The invoice is handwritten, and the billhead has a printed header featuring a drawing of a stove, a company address and details, ornate lettering, and a line of decorative dots under the business information.

Billhead from February 5, 1886, for Cerf Schloss, Manufacturers' Agents, located at 119 Battery Street, San Francisco, California. The billhead features an illustration of an oil lamp and a stove.

Billhead for Goldsmith & Loewenberg, Stove and Metal dealers located at 84 & 86 Front Street, Portland, Oregon. The billhead features a good lithograph of the store. It is dated April 12, 1895, and notes a warehouse located on Lovejoy Street between 14th and 15th Streets. Payments were to be made in US Gold Coin. The billhead is part of the Solomon Oppenheimer Collection.

Billhead from Lachman Bros., furniture, carpets, stoves, and upholstery dealers, located at 2019 Mission Street, San Francisco, California. The billhead is dated February 26, 1907.

This trade card advertises Rice, Born & Co., a stove and range dealer located at 77, 79, and 81 Camp Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The card features a cartoon of a Black woman archer, drawn in a racist caricature. The back of the card is printed with an advertisement for Cotton Plant stoves and ranges.

This trade card, circa 1885, depicts a hatched chick chasing a fly, red roses and blue flowers on branches. The reverse side features a full advertisement for "GAS AND GASOLINE STOVES, RANGES, METALS." The card is associated with Oscar S. Levy and his business located at 525 and 527 Market Street. The card's imagery suggests a connection to the sale of stoves and ranges, potentially using gas or gasoline as fuel.

This trade card advertises Rice, Born & Co., located at 77, 79, and 81 Camp Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The front of the card features a colored cartoon depicting a Black man playing tennis. The illustration is presented in a caricature style. The image is likely intended as humorous, but it reflects the racist caricatures common in advertising of the period. The back of the card features the company's advertisement for Cotton Plant stoves or ranges. The back of the card is not blank.