Buffalo New York 1887 Peter Paul Booksellers Stationers Billhead - 8.5 x 7

This 1887 billhead reflects Buffalo’s mature commercial and publishing economy during the late nineteenth century, when the city ranked among the nation’s most important industrial and trade centers.

By the 1880s, Buffalo supported a dense network of booksellers, printers, and stationers who supplied businesses, professionals, and institutions with paper goods, ledgers, and printed materials. Billheads from this period served both practical accounting purposes and subtle branding functions, showcasing typographic hierarchy, formal business language, and evolving print standards in American commerce.

Issued by Peter Paul & Bro., Booksellers, Stationers, Printers, and Binders, this handwritten 1887 billhead documents itemized transactions and bears period ink notation typical of merchant bookkeeping. The printed header lists the firm’s Main Street address near local financial institutions, anchoring the document within Buffalo’s established commercial district. Measuring approximately 8.5 x 7 inches, the billhead shows light age toning and handling wear consistent with nineteenth-century business paper and offers strong research value for collectors of American ephemera and printing history.

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