Name/Title
Receipt, 1920Entry/Object ID
2020.00.020Scope and Content
One (1) Firnbach and Raupp store receipt from January 20, 1920. Receipt is rectangular with red printed text and handwritten notes in pencil. The receipt is for Mrs. H. Maensching who purchased one pancake flour for $0.18, two matches for $0.14, one vanilla for $0.25, two soap for $0.14, two pounds of sugar for $0.40, one pound of coffee for $0.45, one stove polish for $0.08, and one pound of butter for $0.75. The sale of purchased goods comes out to $2.39, Maensching also pays for three bills, a bill from December 30, 1919 for $2.45, a bill from January 6, 1919 for $1.30, and a bill from January 13, 1920 for $1.24. This brings the total bill up to $7.38. On the eleventh line there is a red stamped 23 and below it the bill is marked as paid.
The red text is as follows, from top to bottom: "Bought of Firnbach and Raupp dealers in GENERAL MERCHANDISE" Buffalo Grove Ill.; Sold to; address; if there are any Errors in this Bill Return it at once; MC CASKEY ALLIANCE O."Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
Jan 20, 1920