"KEY TO RATINGS" PAGE FROM THE MANUFACTURERS REFERENCE BOOK
Entry/Object ID
2003.43.1.4
Description
"KEY TO RATINGS" PAGE FROM THE MANUFACTURERS REFERENCE BOOK
Color: Black; White
A photocopy of the "Key to Ratings" page of the Mercantile Agency "Reference Book (and Key)" of merchants, manufacturers and retailers, published by R. G. Dun & Co., New York, September 1926. At the top center is "KEY TO RATINGS," and below this are two tables. One at the left defines symbols for estimated pecuniary strength, with the one at the right defining symbols for general credit. At the center is a key to classification of trades symbols for merchants listings. The key to the symbols used for each business is at the bottom. A photocopy of the book's title page is in the collection and is item .3, while two original pages of manufacturer listings are items .1-.2. Being a photocopy of the original, the artifact is in mint condition.
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Three-dimensional, Lists, Mercatile Agency, R. G. Dun & Co., Credit ratings
