An invoice, Ponet and Orr, Embalmers and Undertakers, 47 North Spring Street

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

An invoice, Ponet and Orr, Embalmers and Undertakers, 47 North Spring Street

Entry/Object ID

2015.139.1.1

Description

An invoice, Ponet and Orr, Embalmers and Undertakers, 47 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, 8 March 1886. The invoice is writted out to Mr. Montague for mortuary services including supplying a casket, hearse, embalming fluids, gloves, shroud and other items, each with an itemized cost listed. The business was known for its patent on metallic burial caskets. The invoice is in fair condition with minor discoloration in the overall paper, some crease marks, two tears starting from the left and right edges, along crease.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Invoice

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Record, Sales

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Financial Records

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects