Parkersburg West Virginia 1930s Wiant Barr Hardware Billhead 7 x 6.5

This 1930s billhead from Wiant & Barr Hardware Co. in Parkersburg, West Virginia documents a period transaction within a regional retail hardware business serving local trade and agricultural needs.

Parkersburg functioned as a commercial hub along the Ohio River, where hardware firms supplied tools, building materials, and general goods to both urban customers and surrounding rural communities. Businesses like Wiant & Barr operated within a network of small-scale commerce, relying on account-based transactions recorded through standardized statement forms. Such documents reflect the everyday financial relationships between merchants and customers, illustrating how goods and services were distributed at the local level.

The billhead features the printed company name Wiant & Barr Hardware Co. with the slogan Everything in Hardware and the address 413 Market Street, Parkersburg, W. Va. The form is structured with columns for date, charges, credits, and balance, while handwritten entries identify the customer as E. B. Moore of Palestine, West Virginia. The document shows period ink notation and accounting marks across the lined ledger format, preserving both the printed business identity and individualized transaction record.

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