Name/Title
Washington School Fund Cancelled Check Binders, 1949-1953Entry/Object ID
2024.23.2Description
Acc. No. 24.23.2 A, B
Subject Category: Schools, Public, Washington
Date or Period: 1949-1953
Objects: Binders
Description: Two oblong binders, A: three-ring binder with brown leather-look card stock cover; B: black, spiral bound with red plastic circular spine, and cover of black leather-look card stock, with embossed the word 'Checks'.
Inside are slips from a checkbook, with the cancelled checks stapled on. Checks were from American Trust Company, and have all been stamped 'Washington School Fund' above the comment line. Dates A: September 1949 to April 1951, B: May 1951 to December 1953.
Sizes: (each) L 13 1/2' x W 9 3/4"
History of Object: Cancelled checks written out from the Washington School Fund. Gives an impression of what the daily operating activities were. One frequent expense is milk, another, flowers. Expenditures include some written out to local businesses, such as Franck's, Konigshofer's, Barker-Tillton, Farwell's Book Store, Vosburgh Hardware. Other aspects appear to be subscriptions.
Acquired from: unknown
Donation Date: unknown (pre-2018), Catalog Date: 3/8/2024
