Name/Title
Wyeth, Huston: Letter Regarding Personal Sale of Collectible Firearms from James Beeler, Feb. 28, 1896.Entry/Object ID
AM2014.26.436Scope and Content
Wyeth, Huston: Letter Regarding Personal Sale of Collectible Firearms from James Beeler, Feb. 28, 1896.
Beeler was employed at Tootle, Wheeler & Motter Dry Goods. The letter is handwritteon on that company's stationery. He is looking to sell or trade an 1837 Allen-type six barrel revolver and is looking to buy a single shot Winchester rifle. Buler had sold Wyeth linoleum and carpet for his office.
Letterhead: Illustration of both Tootle, Wheeler Motter Warehouse and Factory connected by electric transmission lines on telephone poles.
"This represents the Electric Wire of which the power is transmitted from our storehouse to our factory"
"Tootle, Wheeler & Motter
Manufacturers & Jobbers of
Dry Goods, Notions, Men's Furnishing Goods
Carpets, Boots, & Shoes
The Oldest Wholesale House in the West.
Caption under Warehouse Illustration
"The best lighted and most convenient wholesale house in the United States. 110 x 140 feet, 7 stories & basement, 112,000 square feet floor space, nearly twice as large as any store buidling in the West. Our stock of Goods greatly increased is now ample to supply the wants of the largest trade--Come and See."
Caption under Factory Illustration,
"Size 60 by 132 Feet, Five Floors
Factory where we make our own boots & shoes
Our own men's Furnishing goods
1000 Electric Lights & 500 Factory Machines run by our own Electric Engines."Collection
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