Buffalo New York 1892 Walbridge Wholesale Hardware Billhead - 8.5 x 9

This 1892 billhead records a wholesale hardware transaction from Walbridge & Co in Buffalo, documenting large-scale distribution during the city’s late nineteenth-century industrial expansion.

Buffalo functioned as a major Great Lakes commercial hub, where wholesalers supplied tools, fasteners, and building hardware to contractors, manufacturers, and regional retailers. Firms such as Walbridge & Co. occupied prominent multi-story commercial buildings and operated within tightly organized supply networks that supported rapid urban construction and infrastructure growth.

This original billhead measures 8.5 x 9 and features an engraved architectural vignette of the company’s building, along with handwritten line entries listing hardware items, quantities, and prices, offering clear primary-source evidence of wholesale trade practice and pricing structure.

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