Buy this book on-line Baker and Hamilton; Kunsting, Frank : Original Billhead - Baker and Hamilton, Sacramento, California, 1900
Original billhead printed and handwritten in black ink on light beige paper. Datelined August 28, 1900 in Sacramento, California. 8 1/4" x 5 1/2." Billhead is very clean and intact except for a few small wrinkles, slight age toning, two vertical fold lines, a faint dampstain measuring 4" x 3/4" at bottom edge not affecting text, and a paper stub tipped in on back right edge. A Very Good copy. An original billhead from Baker and Hamilton to F. (Frank) Kunsting of Franklin, California. Kunsting purchased one line item to be shipped via stage. The item may be "bale wire." The printed header reads, "Baker and Hamilton, Importers, Jobbers and Manufacturers of Hardware, Agricultural Implements and Vehicles. Manufactory: Benicia, California. Nos. 109 to 115 J St., and 920 to 922 2d St., Sacramento, Cal.; Junction Market, Pine and Davis Streets, San Francisco, Cal." Some of the other printed text reads, "Mill, Mining and Railroad Supplies; Bicycles and Bicycle Supplies; Engines & Boilers; Dairy and Cheese, Factory Supplies." Baker and Hamilton was a general store and agricultural supply company founded by Livingston Baker and Robert Hamilton. While Baker was originally from Boston and Hamilton was from Scotland, they both left their respective homes in 1849 and eventually met in the gold fields of California. However, they found that gold mining was not economical and instead focused on selling supplies and provisions to miners. Baker and Hamilton worked for Colonel J. L. L. F. Warren, also of Boston, who had opened a store specializing in agricultural and mining equipment on the American River. They purchased Warren's business in 1853 knowing, like Warren, that selling agricultural supplies could be a financial success in California. Baker and Hamilton opened another location in San Francisco in 1868 (and additional locations in Los Angeles and New York based on the billhead) and went on to become one of the most successful agricultural supply firms in the American West. One of Baker and Hamilton's Sacramento buildings still stands to this day.. Ephemera. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Baker and Hamilton; Kunsting, Frank : Original Billhead - Baker and Hamilton, Sacramento, California, 1900. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including antiquarian books, first editions, livres anciens, collectables and used books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |