{"product_id":"buffalo-new-york-1898-george-w-farnham-boots-shoes-rubbers-billhead-8-5-x-7","title":"Buffalo New York 1898 George W. Farnham Boots Shoes Rubbers Billhead - 8.5 x 7","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"204\" data-end=\"366\"\u003eThis March 7, 1898 Buffalo billhead documents a commercial transaction with the George W. Farnham Company, manufacturers and jobbers of boots, shoes, and rubbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"368\" data-end=\"1050\"\u003eLate nineteenth-century Buffalo functioned as one of the major commercial gateways of the Great Lakes region, where wholesale firms distributed manufactured goods throughout western New York and the interior Midwest. Footwear wholesalers played an important role in supplying regional merchants with factory-made shoes and rubber overshoes during a period when industrial production had largely replaced small local shoemakers. Companies such as George W. Farnham Company combined manufacturing connections with jobbing operations, allowing retailers to order assorted footwear styles and quantities through centralized wholesalers located in the city’s expanding business district.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1052\" data-end=\"1887\"\u003eThe billhead displays the bold printed heading “Geo. W. Farnham Company, Manufacturers and Jobbers of Reliable Boots, Shoes and Rubbers,” along with terms of sale specifying net cash in thirty days with a discount for early payment. The Buffalo address at the corner of Seneca and Wells Streets appears in the header, and the document is dated March 7, 1898 with the customer listed as M. H. DeForest of Marilla, New York. Handwritten ledger entries record multiple footwear orders including kangaroo leather shoes and various boot styles with quantities and prices carefully itemized in the accounting columns. A stamped note reading “Balance Soon” and a large handwritten total at the lower right complete the invoice, illustrating the standard late nineteenth-century wholesale billing format used by regional footwear distributors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1889\" data-end=\"2178\"\u003eThe item shown in the listing is the exact item the collector will receive. We have tens of thousands of items to choose from. Shipping will always be combined (or refunded) to save you as much money as possible. Please contact us with any questions, or visit our store page for specifics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Everything Ephemera","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52982728163512,"sku":"20250823jj","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0939\/8740\/6008\/files\/57_cf44069f-e4a8-4ad2-b010-ef5e6801637a.jpg?v=1773103819","url":"https:\/\/everythingephemera.com\/products\/buffalo-new-york-1898-george-w-farnham-boots-shoes-rubbers-billhead-8-5-x-7","provider":"Everything Ephemera","version":"1.0","type":"link"}