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Los Angeles General Store Ledger
SPC.2023.028  
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Description
This collection contains one ledger presumably from a general store that operated in the Los Angeles, California area in the late 1800s. There are detailed listings of the names of customers and their purchases. Items include groceries such as sugar, eggs, molasses, salt, beef, pork, spices, crackers, cheese, and oil; as well as household items such as lamp chimneys, lanterns, matches, nails; and clothing such as overalls, mittens, boots, and pants.
Extent
1 box (1 oversized bound ledger book)
Restrictions
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
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