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Gift of anonymous, 2024.83.12, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, No Known C…
Billhead Receipt
Gift of anonymous, 2024.83.12, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, No Known Copyright

Billhead Receipt

Date1895 May 20
MediumPaper, printed ink
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 1/4 × 8 3/8in. (18.4 × 21.3cm)
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineGift of anonymous
DescriptionReceipt with advertising billhead for Smith, Northam & Co. of Hartford, retailers of Pillsbury dry goods, dated May 20, 1895. Sold to C.L. Clark.
Object number2024.83.12
CopyrightNo Known Copyright
InscribedPrinted in blue and red on front: "Pillsbury's / BEST / XXXX / Minneapolis, Minn."

Printed in black on front: "BOUGHT OF SMITH, NORTHAM & CO. / RAILROAD WAREHOUSE, WINDSOR STREET. OFFICE, 129 STATE STREET."
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Gift of G. Fox & Co., 1949.12.1  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Brown Thomson & Co.
1860-1910
Gift of G. Fox & Co., 1949.12.2  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Brown Thomson & Co.
1860-1910
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Connecticut Department of Agriculture
c. 1994-1995