ESTATE INVENTORY OF LAURA G. TEMPLE, CA. 1923

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

ESTATE INVENTORY OF LAURA G. TEMPLE, CA. 1923

Entry/Object ID

2002.89.22.1

Description

Color: Black; White A copy of an inventory of household linens owned by Laura G. Temple, ca. 1923. The document has the title "ESTATE OF LAURA G. TEMPLE, deceased. / To Mme. S. Birdsall, Dr." The listing provides dates of purchase during 1922, items and values, including a total for these items, a figure for cash on account, and a balance. The artifact is related to item .2 concerning a lawsuit by Birdsall, the seller of the linens, against Walter P. Temple for non-payment of the balance. With acid burns, several tears, creasing, horizontal third folds and a few holes from pest damage, the condition is fair.

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Two-dimensional, Inventories, Household linens--Valuation, Estate settlement costs, Estates (Law), Decedents' estates

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Object Name

Inventories