Fishing Tackle Billheads & Letterheads

A very popular subject that sells well on ebay.

1828 billhead top London - Taylor fishing tackle maker

1831 billhead top London - AR Jacobs

1868 billhead C. Bradburn & Co. Cleveland OH

1874 billhead Moore & Son Ellenville NY

1875 billhead Barton & Co. New York NY

1881 billhead Bradford & Anthony Boston MA

1881 billhead Gilbert Bailey Portland ME

1881 letterhead George A. Graves Springfield MA

1885 billhead Andrew Hendryx New Haven CT

1895 billhead Tracey, Wells & Co. Columbus OH

1899 billhead Sidney R. Baxter & Co. Boston MA

1899 billhead JW Tuttle & Co. Plattsburgh NY

1899 letterhead Miller, Sloss & Scott San Francisco CA

1903 billhead JC Schmidt & Son Memphis TN

1903 letterhead Marshall Wells Hardware Co. Duluth MN

1904 billhead Dame, Stoddard & Co. Boston MA

1904 billhead Abbey & Imbrie New York NY

1905 billhead Wm Frank Hardware Co. Milwaukee WI

1908 billhead Van Camp Hardware & Iron Co. Indianapolis IN

1908 billhead Bullard & Gormley Co. Chicago IL

1920 billhead HA Whittemore & Co. Boston MA

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Baking Powder Billheads

In 1843 the first modern version of baking powder was discovered and manufactured by Alfred Bird, a British chemist. In 1846, Justus Von Liebig in Germany experiments with yeast made from sodium bicarbonate and hydrochloric acid with explosive results. In 1885, Eben Horsford and George Wilson manufacture chemicals which eventually became the Rumford Chemical Works. Horsford formulated and patented Rumford Baking Powder, the first calcium phopshate baking powder. In 1889, William Wright and chemist George Rew developed a double-action baking powder marketed under the name Calumet Baking Powder. Below find some examples of baking powder billheads.

Billhead of the Month: Schmit Bros trunks Oshkosh WI

I picked up this Schmit Brothers billhead recently in Eau Claire. I currently have it for sale on ebay right now. It is a nice triple graphic billhead. Here is my ebay write up: 1895 billhead for The Schmit Brothers Trunk Company manufacturers of trunks, traveling bags and valises of Oshkosh Wisconsin. Great header graphics with three images. Left side is the firm’s mill at Summit Lake, middle is the firm’s factory and left side is the firm’s warehouse. Billhead has creases. Peter Schmit was born in 1840 in Prussia. He emigrated to the U.S. in June 1854 and located inRacine WI. He was engaged in farming until 1861 when he enlisted in Company D, 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He engaged in the battles at Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Mine Run, Bull Run, Gettysburg, Atlanta, Macon, and Savannah. He was mustered out in June 1865. He came back to Racine and kept a hotel until 1866 when he joined his brother Henry’s trunk business. Henry had established the bus...

Newest edition to my collection - Widdicomb Furniture Co.

Lately, I can't help but buy some U.S. letterheads and billheads. I have an affinity for billheads / letterheads / receipts from the 1870s. Here is a recent purchase for the Widdicomb Furniture Co. of Grand Rapids Michigan. For 145 years, the Widdicomb name has been recognized in the furniture world. The earliest Widdicomb company was organized in 1857, by George Widdicomb, a British trained cabinet maker, employing 12 men, plus his four sons Harry, William, George Jr., and John. Except during the Civil War, a Widdicomb furniture firm was run by the family until 1916. The John Widdicomb Co. was founded in 1897 when John left the parent company to form his own firm. Though he died in 1910, that firm continued under his name until the 1990’s, and purchased the title of the original company in the 1970’s.

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