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Box 1

 Container

Contains 16 Results:

Correspondence, 1842

 Series — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 700-1
Scope and Contents

4 letters addressed to Elisha Riggs in New York from various St. Louis merchants, business agents, and attorneys about banking, financial, and legal matters in 1842:

J.W. Owings (8 June 1842)

J.B. Crockett (5 August 1842)

Clark Eck (18 October 1842)

Leonard Corning (18 October 1842)

Dates: 1842

Elisha Riggs Banking Collection

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 700
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 4 business letters from 1842 sent to Elisha Riggs, a prominent businessman and banker in New York known for founding the Riggs National Bank. The letters are sent from local St. Louis merchants, business agents, and attorneys communicating with Riggs on matters related to banking, credit, and business in the local area.

Dates: 1842

Booklets, circa 1905-1916

 Series — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: 702-1
Scope and Contents

Informational booklets about bricks, machinery, brick mantels, and home models (circa 1905-1916):

Brook and Roofing Tile Machinery. Mueller Bros. (undated)

Catalogue of Brick Mantels. Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. (undated)

Catalogue of Press Brick and Roofing Tile Machinery. Illinois Supply and Construction Co. (circa 1905)

Hy-tex Brick. Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. (1916)

The Hy-tex House of Moderate Cost. Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. (1914)

Dates: circa 1905-1916

Bills and Statements, 1915 - 1917

 Series — Box: 1, Folder: 2-4
Identifier: 701-1
Scope and Contents

Bills, statements, invoices, and shipping documents for the Ginocchio-Jones Fruit Co., the George F. Johnston Co., and various railway companies from 1915-1917.

Dates: 1915 - 1917

Ginocchio-Jones Fruit Company, 1915 - 1917

 Sub-Series — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 701-1-1
Scope and Contents

Bills, statements, and invoices from the Ginocchio-Jones Fruit Co. from 1915-1917 for muscat grape orders.

Dates: 1915 - 1917

Johnston, George F. , 1915 - 1917

 Sub-Series — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 701-1-2
Scope and Contents

Bills, statements, car tallies, refrigerator car orders, and manifests concerning the shipment and delivery of grapes from the George F. Johnston Co. of California.

Dates: 1915 - 1917

Railway Companies, 1915 - 1917

 Sub-Series — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: 701-1-3
Scope and Contents

Bills and statements(1915-1917) for railway company services from:

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Co.

Holton Inter-Urban Railway Co.

Kansas City Southern Railway Co.

San Diego and South Eastern Railway Company

Dates: 1915 - 1917

Photographs, 1927 - 1983

 Series — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 702-3
Scope and Contents

4 photographs, including bricks from a demolished building, off the press, in a stone yard, and exteriors near Guaranty Building (1927-1983).

Dates: 1927 - 1983

Correspondence, 1883

 Series — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: 702-2
Scope and Contents

Letter with decorative letterhead from J.J. Lockwood, agent for the Hydraulic Press Brick Company, to H. W. Eliot (12 February 1883)

Dates: 1883

Stock Certificates, 1889 - 1962

 Series — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: 702-4
Scope and Contents

3 stock certificates for the Hydraulic-Press Brick Company from 1889 (2) and 1962.

Dates: 1889 - 1962