Letter

Archive

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Museum of History Benicia

Name/Title

Letter

Entry/Object ID

1996.030.0278

Scope and Content

There are seven parts to this accession .0278a - Letter addressed Dear Sir:; from August Gast Bank Note and Lithographing Company, St. Louis - May 1903 regarding the products they offer and enclosures of samples and ad sheets accompany the letter, size: 12-1/2" length x 8" width .0278b - Ad sheet for "Gast Ink / Absolutely the Best Made." prices for quarts and pints are listed "Return if no as Guaranteed." size: 1-3/4" length x 6" width .0278c - Ad sheet for "Haines' Interlinear Interest Tables." "Time is Money! - "...facilitates calculation and diminishes liability to error" size: 3-1/4" length x 5" width .0278d - Ad sheet for Security Safety Paper; write to Gast for prices. size: 3" length x 4-3/4" width .0278e - Ad sheet for "The 'Handy' Adjustable Stub Clip" patented Feb. 11, 1890; for Cashiers, bookkeepers or anyone using a book with stubs. size: 4-3/8" length x 3" width .0278f - Sample of a check printed on the safety, watermarked paper size: 3-1/8" length x 13-1/2" width (unfolded) .0278g - Envelope addressed to People Bank, Benicia, Calif. from Gast St. Louis, postmarked 1903, One Cent Stamp, size: 3-3/4" length x 6-1/2" width

Collection

Benicia Historical Museum Collection