Chicago Illinois 1911 Illinois Brick Company Brick Shipment Billhead 8.5 x 5.5

This 1911 billhead from Illinois Brick Company in Chicago documents a commercial brick shipment order with itemized pricing and handwritten transaction details.

Industrial Chicago in the early twentieth century was a major hub for construction materials, with brick manufacturing playing a central role in the city’s rapid expansion and regional supply networks. Illinois Brick Company operated within this environment, supplying standardized building materials to contractors and businesses across the Midwest, with documents like this reflecting the logistical and financial structure behind that trade.

The billhead features a formal printed layout with the company name prominently centered and address listed as the Chamber of Commerce Building, alongside structured columns for date, destination, price, and totals. Handwritten entries record a brick order noted as “brick on cars,” with a total of 119.00 and consignment to Janesville, Wisconsin. Additional annotations, initials, and accounting marks appear throughout, adding depth to its function as a working business document. The typography, red ruling lines, and period paper stock collectively present a clear example of early twentieth-century commercial stationery.

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