Buffalo New York 1896 R Ovens Bakery Buffalo Crackers Billhead 5.5 x 4

This 1896 billhead from The R. Ovens Bakery of Buffalo, New York documents a monthly statement within the city’s late nineteenth-century baking and food production industry.

Buffalo emerged as a major industrial and distribution center, where large-scale bakeries supplied crackers and biscuit products to regional markets. Firms like R. Ovens Bakery, operating under the United States Baking Company, produced branded goods that moved through established wholesale and retail channels across western New York and beyond.

The billhead features a printed header identifying the company as manufacturers of Buffalo Crackers and Biscuit, with business addresses on Ellicott and Oak Streets. The document is formatted as a monthly statement dated August 13, 1896, with handwritten entries detailing charges, payments, and balances across several dates. Ink annotations and a prominent company stamp from the Interstate Baking Company add administrative detail, while the structured ledger lines reflect standardized accounting practices of the period.

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