Sewers Duplicating Receipt Book

Object/Artifact

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Sewers Duplicating Receipt Book

Entry/Object ID

2021.43.11

Description

Stapled booklet of self-duplicating receipts from the George J. Sewers and Sons fish market from the 1950s. The unused booklet has alternating pages backed with carbon to create a copy of each receipt as it is written. When in use, the cover is folded up and behind the uppermost receipt to protect the lower receipt's carbon backer from the pressure of a pen or pencil tip.

Context

Entry includes photo and OCR scan of pages 100-105, "Details of Passage: the Wm. Carey" a Saugatuck boat transformed from an excursion launch to a fishing tug and gives a vivid account of fishing with the Sewers brothers.

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2021.43

Source or Donor

Kozanecki, Bonnie (Sewers) 1941-2023

Acquisition Method

Donation

Dimensions

Dimension Description

closed

Height

5-1/2 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Location

Box

100 Commercial Fishing

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Notes

minor stains on cover, rust on staples

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Sewers, George James 1891-1954

Create Date

October 31, 2021

Update Date

October 31, 2021