Furniture making

Content Description The collection consists of an order book and approximately forty stencils used to paint furniture. The order book was kept by Henry Buchter for the Buchter Chair Company for the year of 1872. Orders list various types and styles of seating furniture, including rocking chairs, table chairs, arm chairs, nursing chairs, cottage chairs, dining chairs, and stools. Customers listed were not only from the local area of Louisville, Kentucky, but also from Nebraska, Kansas, Mississippi, Alabama,...

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Collection of catalogs and price lists for products manufactured by the State of Indiana Institutional Industries. Materials incude a Hickory Furniture catalog and price list, an Indiana Industries catalog containing a variety of goods ranging from janitors' supplies to clothing, building materials, and tobacco. Also included are several price lists for canned goods, cleaning supplies, furniture, matresses, and public works supplies and materials.

Scope and Contents Contains accounts kept by Jeremiah Fife and William Fife of Pembroke, New Hampshire. Jeremiah's entries fill the first volume and begin the second. They record making coffins, window frames, rakes, chairs, tables, and so on. William's entries complete the second volume. They record his work setting windows, and much unspecified day labor, as well as entries such as “amount paid out for work on Wm. Parker’s house, barn and shed,” “worked 20 days for John Tenant on George Fochs Shop” and...