Object Details
sova.nmah.ac.0320_ref62
- Collection Donor
- Nickse, Hugo
- Johnson, Hanford
- Collection Creator
- Comstock, Cheney and Co.
- Pratt, Read and Company
- Collection Donor
- Steinway, Henry Ziegler
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- Pratt, Read Corporation Records
- Pratt, Read Corporation Records / Series 2: Comstock, Cheney and Company
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0320, Subseries 2.6
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Pratt, Read Corporation Records, 1839-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Scope and Contents
- The SALES RECORDS, 1875-1936, in this collection include sales orders, sales account statements, labels from the company's boxes of ivory combs, and a few price lists and trade cards. Complete sales orders for the year 1876 are arranged in chronological order. They provide information on the types of ivory goods that Comstock, Cheney produced and the quantity and grades in which they were available. These orders complement the general correspondence since orders from the same piano and organ manufacturing firms are included. Additional customers of interest include Sohmer & Company, piano makers, and Brunswick Brothers, Decker & Company, and George E. Phelan, billiard ball manufacturers. The sales account statements are interesting because they provide information on the way in which many of the company's smaller ivory goods were marketed. Comstock, Cheney sold its combs, tablets, toothpicks, and folders on a consignment basis through several companies in New York City. These monthly statements, 1875 1876, show the type and number of goods sold and their prices. The price lists include two for stationer's ivory goods, one for billiard balls, and one for repairs and repair materials for piano keys, actions, and hammers.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
NMAH.AC.0320_ref62
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NMAH.AC.0320
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- Record ID
- ebl-1505493610265-1505493610368-0