Receipts collection
Collection
Identifier: Col-149
Scope and Contents
This artificial and still open collection contains receipts for household products and personal goods. Material culture including house furnishings, clothing, pottery, textiles, food, etc. are included. Of the 150 or so items in the collection, over 60% date from the 19th century; the remainder originated from the 18th century.
Dates
- Creation: 1725 - 1897
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. Copyright restrictions may apply.
Full Extent
1 Cubic Feet (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication Creative Commons license.
Arrangement
Arranged in accession number order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts and purchases from various sources, received over many years.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Animals
- Artists
- Books
- Business records -- United States
- Candles
- Carpenters
- Casual labor
- Clocks and watches
- Clothing and dress
- Clubs
- Engraving
- Floor coverings
- Food
- Footwear
- Furniture
- Glassware
- Hardware
- House furnishings
- Jewelry
- Libraries
- Metal-work
- Museums
- Musical instruments
- Paint
- Periodicals
- Petroleum
- Pottery
- Receipts (Acknowledgments) -- United States
- Rent
- Retail trade -- History -- 18th century
- Retail trade -- History -- 19th century
- Silver-plated ware
- Soap
- Stone industry and trade
- Textile fabrics
- Vehicles
- Wall hangings
- Water
- Wood products
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Created by an unknown author, possibly Laura Parrish
- Date
- April 1992
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- December 2025: Revised in DACS by Kori Newboles
Repository Details
Part of the Winterthur Library Repository