This 1901 billhead documents a wholesale food transaction issued by Armour and Company during the peak of Chicago’s meatpacking and grocery export era.
At the turn of the twentieth century, Chicago functioned as the nation’s dominant center for meat processing and preserved food production, with firms such as Armour operating vast packinghouses, rail sidings, and distribution networks. These companies supplied merchants across the Midwest with standardized products including bacon, lard, and canned meats, using printed stationery to formalize sales, credit terms, and shipment records as part of an increasingly industrial food economy.
The document is headed Bought of Armour and Company, General Offices, 205 La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois, and is dated May 23, 1901. It is addressed to J. H. Morris and Son in Dixon, Illinois, and lists vegetable shortening and Star brand pork items with quantities, prices, and a handwritten total recorded at right. Printed terms specify 30-day payment conditions, and the sheet shows check marks and notations consistent with active business use. The billhead measures approximately 8 x 5.5 inches.
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