Receipt, 1920

Archive

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Raupp Museum

Name/Title

Receipt, 1920

Entry/Object ID

2020.00.1595

Scope and Content

One (1) Firnbach and Raupp store receipt from January 31, 1920. Receipt is rectangular with handwritten text on a piece of paper with blue-print lines for writing. The paper lists various purchased merchandise and their prices. In order it goes Vanilla and lemons for $0.82, soap, dye and goods for $1.20, matches, thread and tab for $0.35, cookies and matches for $0.50, coffee and soap for $0.51, laundry (?) for $0.20, and cigar, jams and Shinola for $0.80. There is another purchase listed for $0.26 with no products listed. The sum total comes out to $4.64. The handwritten text is as follows from top to bottom: "500; 1-31-20". There is some arithmetic on the back derived from the sum of purchases made throughout the day, the derived numbers are "80.92; 82.74"

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

Jan 31, 1920

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good