Syracuse New York 1898 Woodhull Goodale Bull Clothing Billhead - 8.5 x 7.5

This 1898 billhead reflects Syracuse’s role as a regional manufacturing and distribution center at the close of the nineteenth century, when tailored clothing production was becoming increasingly industrialized.

By the late 1890s, firms specializing in ready-made and custom-tailored garments supplied merchants and institutions across expanding rail and shipping networks. Clothing manufacturers emphasized quality, reliability, and scale, marking a transition from small tailor shops toward larger factory-based operations that could meet growing urban demand.

Issued by Woodhull, Goodale & Bull, manufacturers of tailor-made clothing, this billhead features a detailed engraved illustration of the company’s multi-story building, underscoring corporate stability and industrial capacity. The handwritten transaction details reflect period bookkeeping practices typical of wholesale garment trade. Measuring approximately 8.5 x 7.5 inches, this original 1898 billhead shows light age toning, fold lines, and ink wear consistent with late-nineteenth-century business paper, offering strong research value for collectors of American ephemera, fashion history, and industrial commerce.

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