This billhead dates to the 1900s and documents a transaction from Kingan & Co., a major American meat packing firm, operating from its San Francisco office at 444–450 Drumm Street.
Kingan & Co. was headquartered in Indianapolis and expanded nationally during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, distributing pork and beef products through regional offices tied to rail and port networks. The San Francisco location reflects the city’s importance as a commercial hub, where imported and domestic food products moved through established wholesale channels supported by standardized invoicing and branded business stationery.
The document features a structured accounting layout with pre-printed product categories, transaction entries, and pricing columns, along with a bold company header emphasizing pork and beef packing. A red PAID stamp and handwritten calculations appear across the lower section, while the printed specialty list at left highlights product lines typical of industrial meat distribution during the period. The 8 x 8 format and clean typographic arrangement underscore its role as both a functional business record and a piece of early twentieth-century commercial ephemera.
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