UAH Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives

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  • daily_accounts_book2_435_LizzieBarclift.pdf

    This image of a Lizzie Barclift transaction and payment from May 29, 1900, is cropped from page 441 of Harrison Brothers Hardware Company daybook 2, 1898-1902. In this transaction, Lizzie Barclift purchased various Queensware and home furnishing items and paid $9.70 to her customer account. The Harrison Brothers began selling Queensware, crockery, and various home furnishing items in March 1900. The transaction on this page corresponds to the Mrs. Lizzie Barclift account page 497 in Harrison Brothers Hardware Company customer account ledger 1, 1897-1904.
  • daily_accounts_book2_396_Q-Ware.Jpeg

    This is an image of page 400 in Harrison Brothers Hardware Company customer account ledger 1, 1897-1904. On this page, almost every customer purchased 1#35 Assortment & Ware, a Queensware product. Prior to March 1900, the Harrison Brothers only sold tobacco products. The transactions on this page correspond to customer account pages in Harrison Brothers Hardware Company customer account ledger, 1897-1904.
  • loc_hbhc_ledger1_000223 (311)_HarkerPotteryCo.pdf

    This is a Harker Pottery Company account page from page 251 in Harrison Brothers Hardware Company customer account ledger 1, 1897-1904. Transactions and payments on this page date from February 3, 1900, to December 28, 1900. The Harker Pottery Company was the first company that the Harrison Brothers bought Queensware merchandise from in 1900.
  • daily_accounts_book2_632_Ada Reynolds_MVTaylor.Jpeg

    This is an image of page 644 of Harrison Brothers Hardware Company customer account ledger 1, 1897-1904. This page lists several transactions of customers without customer accounts, two of which, Ada Reynolds and M.V. Taylor are recurring customers and employees of local cotton mills. Customers on this page bought various Queensware products and paid by cash and by note. Many of the customers on this page are women.
  • daily_accounts_book2_408_DallasMills.Jpeg

    This is an image of page 414 in Harrison Brothers Hardware Company customer accounts ledger 1, 1897-1904. One customer was noted as being from Dallas Mills Ala. and each of the following transactions are assigned the same customer account number as this Dallas Mills Ala. customer's account. This page is not in Harrison Brothers Hardware Company customer account ledger 1, 1897-1904. Each of the customers that were assigned account number 115 bought Queensware items and paid by note. Customers on this page include: Peter Lumbardo, J.F. Weeks, Youngblood, S.L. Hall, T.L. Wilson, D.W. Smith, Ella Price, Ada Reynolds, Mrs. M.V. Taylor, W.E. Foxx, and Wooly + Jordan.
  • loc_hbhc_ledger1_000223 (86)_GoldsmithCo.pdf

    This is a Goldsmith + Co. customer account page on page 24 of Harrison Brothers Hardware Company customer account ledger 1, 1897-1904. Transactions and payments on this ledger page correspond to Harrison Brothers Hardware Company daybook 2, 1898-1902, and date from March 26, 1898, to August 7, 1901.
  • daily_accounts_book2_577_GoldsmithCo.pdf

    This image of a Goldsmith + Co. transaction from March 7, 1901, is cropped from page 585 of Harrison Brothers Hardware Company daybook 2, 1898-1902. The transaction on this page corresponds to page 24 in Harrison Brothers Hardware Company customer account ledger 1, 1897-1904. In this transaction, Goldsmith + Co. purchased various Queensware, metalware, and cutlery items. Goldsmith + Co. was a grocery company in Huntsville, Alabama, and was a frequent customer at Harrison Brothers.
  • daily_accounts_book2_094_GoldsmithCo.pdf

    This image of a Goldsmith + Co. transaction from September 8, 1898, is cropped from page 96 of Harrison Brothers Hardware Company daybook 2, 1898-1902. The transaction on this page corresponds to page 24 in Harrison Brothers Hardware Company customer account ledger 1, 1897-1904. In this transaction, Goldsmith + Co. purchased tobacco products. Goldsmith + Co. was a grocery company in Huntsville, Alabama, and were frequent customers at Harrison Brothers.
  • loc_hbhc_ledger1_000223 (125)_WLHalseyCo.pdf

    This is a W.L. Halsey customer account page on page 63 of Harrison Brothers Hardware Company customer account ledger 1, 1897-1904. Transactions and payments on this ledger page correspond to Harrison Brothers Hardware Company daybook 2, 1898-1902, and Harrison Brothers Hardware Company daybook 3, 1901-1903, and date from September 6, 1901 to November 17, 1903.
  • daily_accounts_book2_463_WLHalsey.pdf

    This image of a W.L. Halsey transaction from August 7, 1900, is cropped from page 471 of Harrison Brothers Hardware Company daybook 2, 1898-1902. The transaction on this page was paid for in cash and does not correspond to a customer account page. W.L. Halsey purchased tobacco products in this transaction. W.L. Halsey owned a grocery company in Huntsville, Alabama, and was a frequent customer at Harrison Brothers.