Philadelphia PA 1919 Mitchell Fletcher Grocers Billhead 6 x 7

This 1919 billhead documents a transaction from Mitchell, Fletcher & Co., Inc., grocers based in Philadelphia, reflecting early twentieth-century wholesale and retail food distribution practices.

Mitchell, Fletcher & Co. operated within a rapidly modernizing food supply network, where urban grocers coordinated inventory, pricing, and delivery through standardized printed invoices. The format reflects the administrative structure of post–World War I commerce, with federal oversight noted through the United States Food Administration license marking, a detail tied to wartime and immediate postwar regulation of food distribution. The layout presents a structured commercial document with clear typographic hierarchy and business identification centered on Chestnut and Eighteenth Streets in Philadelphia.

The billhead features an itemized list including products such as chocolate, pudding, sardines, peanut butter, ox tongue, marshmallow whip, and coffee, each aligned with quantity and pricing columns. The document is dated May 5, 1919, and is issued to a named customer in Reading, Pennsylvania, with forwarding instructions printed directly on the form. Ink stamps, handwritten notations, and a signature appear in the lower section, adding layers of transactional verification and office handling. The paper shows typical aging consistent with period business records, while the structured grid and typography emphasize its role as a working commercial artifact.

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