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NV - Winnemucca,Humboldt County - c1910-1940 - Mercantile and Financial Record Books

Currency:USD Category:Books Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,200.00 USD
NV - Winnemucca,Humboldt County - c1910-1940 - Mercantile and Financial Record Books
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Lot of 24 record keeping books. Sixteen can clearly be identified as books coming from Winnemucca Mercantile. Dates from 1910-1920. They list the records of paper and other items sold and their costs. Several of the Winnemucca books are worn and have documents within the record books. One black hardcover book contains a letter from 1925 from Gridley California. It was addressed to Winnemucca Mercantile Co. It reads “Cantaloupes have been shipped to you by express.” The followed by a listing of shipping cost. Five books look as if they were kept in a grocery store. Items like butter and carrots can be seen in the handwritten notes of records books. Five books are listed from the Winnemucca Mercantile. Beautiful bindings and measure 14"x 10 ½” and 16" x12". The last three records books are were kept in other miscellaneous store and businesses. Some wear on the books. Many have wear on the covers and bindings. A few have pages detached from the books.