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Original antique billhead from The Bering Manufacturing Company of Houston, Texas. Features a detailed factory and lumber-yard illustration with railroad cars, horse-drawn wagons, and a smoking chimney, alongside decorative advertising lettering.
Item Details:
• Advertises white pine and cypress doors, sash, blinds, frames, lumber, and builders’ hardware
• Printed factory location: German Street, near Texas Western Ry. Depot, Second Ward
• Lists Conrad Bering, President; F. C. Bering, Secretary & Treasurer; A. Teichman, Manager; and A. C. Bering, Assistant Manager
• Handwritten invoice date believed to read “9/7, 1897”
• Customer name believed to read “W. F. Shapley”
• Includes handwritten merchandise entries, amounts, and a notation believed to read “Paid”
• Red and blue accounting rules
• Printed by Clarke & Courts, Lith., Galveston
• One document; front and reverse shown
Handwriting Transcription:
Handwritten names, dates, amounts, and other entries are believed to read as described, but these interpretations are not guaranteed. Please examine the photographs and make your own determination.
Condition:
Age-related toning, storage folds, creasing, light spotting, and edge and corner wear. Reverse is largely blank, with some show-through from the front. Please review all photographs for the exact condition.
An attractive piece for collectors of Houston history, Texas lumber-industry records, railroad imagery, and illustrated business ephemera.
You will receive the exact document pictured. Ruler is shown for scale and is not included. Ships protected against bending and moisture.
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Inventory Location: File Box 1, Row 1
