{"product_id":"vermont-bennington-h-e-bradford-hosiery-stockings-1880s-billhead-9-5-x-14","title":"Bennington Vermont 1880s H E Bradford Hosiery Billhead 9.5 x 14","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"235\" data-end=\"417\"\u003eThis 1880s billhead from Bennington documents a transaction issued by H E Bradford, a hosiery manufacturer, reflecting regional textile production in late nineteenth-century Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"419\" data-end=\"807\"\u003eBennington developed as a small but active manufacturing center during the post–Civil War industrial expansion, with textile and hosiery firms supplying both local merchants and broader New England markets. Printed commercial stationery from this period often combined elegant script branding with standardized ledger ruling, presenting both refinement and practical accounting structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"809\" data-end=\"1212\"\u003eThe letterhead reads Bought of H E Bradford \u0026amp; Co Manufacturers of Hosiery and includes detailed itemized entries for various stockings and related knit goods, written in period ink across pre-ruled red and blue accounting columns. The large 9.5 x 14 format emphasizes its role as formal commercial stationery, with handwritten totals and settlement notations appearing at the lower portion of the sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1214\" data-end=\"1503\"\u003eThe item shown in the listing is the exact item the collector will receive. We have tens of thousands of items to choose from. Shipping will always be combined (or refunded) to save you as much money as possible. Please contact us with any questions, or visit our store page for specifics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Everything Ephemera","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52884886257848,"sku":"20250922a","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0939\/8740\/6008\/files\/57_4532a22b-89e7-4f8f-83a3-ac76ab24d645.jpg?v=1771996956","url":"https:\/\/everythingephemera.com\/products\/vermont-bennington-h-e-bradford-hosiery-stockings-1880s-billhead-9-5-x-14","provider":"Everything Ephemera","version":"1.0","type":"link"}