This January 2, 1905 Weatherford, Texas hardware billhead documents a wholesale lock order from Lowe Carter Hardware Co to J R Lewis and Co.
Lowe Carter Hardware Co., incorporated and styled as jobbers of hardware, stoves, blacksmith and gin supplies, farm implements, wagons, and buggies, operated as state agents for Clarks revolving plows. The elaborate illustrated letterhead features a detailed engraving of the company’s substantial brick building, conveying the scale and ambition of early twentieth-century Texas wholesale firms.
The invoice lists 7 1/12 dozen number 3200 R K locks less knobs, with pricing and terms noted as sixty days. Blue type for the item line contrasts with the engraved masthead, creating a layered visual record of routine commercial exchange in Parker County at the dawn of the new century.
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