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1895 antique JAS H FORBES st. louis mo TEA JOBBER INVOICEadvertising
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Original 1895 commercial INVOICE from Jas. H. FORBES, a St. Louis, Missouri wholesale tea merchant and “Jobber in Teas,” located at 112, 114 & 116 Locust Street. Measuring approximately 8.25 x 4.5 inches, the document features beautiful Victorian typography and a highly decorative engraved vignette depicting two figures carrying a tea chest beneath the wording “Payable in St. Louis & New York Exchange.”
Dated March 6, 1895, the invoice was issued to “Messr. Schauer Jr.” and includes period handwritten accounting entries along with a payment notation dated “Pd 3-14-95.” The printed header also notes the business was “Established 1853,” adding additional historical appeal.
An attractive and display-worthy late-19th-century piece of Missouri mercantile ephemera combining ornate script lettering, advertising graphics, and authentic handwritten business usage. A desirable item for collectors of antique invoices, tea and grocery trade history, St. Louis advertising, Victorian business paper, and 19th-century commercial ephemera.
Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
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