Creator:
Special Collections Research Center
Inclusive Dates:
1816- 1900
Abstract:
Collection of catalogs, trade cards, merchants' scrip, letterhead, photographs, and other ephemera from businesses in and around Syracuse, New York. Towns represented include Elbridge. Syracuse, Marcellus, Litchfield, Morristown, Scipio, and others. Also includes records and ledgers from some businesses, including L. C. Smith Typewriter (forerunner of Smith-Corona).
Type of Material:
Advertisements.
Brochures.
Correspondence.
Fliers (printed matter)
Letterheads.
Printed ephemera.
Receipts (financial records)
Scrip.
Trade cards.
Trade catalogs.
Subject:
Elbridge (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Utica (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Cayuga County (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Boyd's Syracuse Guide.
Commercial businesses.
New York State
Business and Industry
Business enterprises -- New York (State) -- History.
Commercial catalogs.
Liquor laws -- New York (State)
License system -- New York (State)
Retail trade -- Law and legislation -- New York (State)
Creator:
Roberts, Eliakim.
Inclusive Dates:
1816- 1859
Abstract:
Correspondence of the New York merchant. Incoming only.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Legal documents.
Notes payable.
Receipts (financial records)
Subject:
Cazenovia (N.Y.) -- History.
New York (State) -- History.
Merchants.
Business and Industry
New York State
Business enterprises -- New York (State) -- History.
Merchants -- New York (State)
Creator:
Cross, Freeman H.
Inclusive Dates:
1870- 1911
Abstract:
Detailed account and memoranda books of a Pulaski, New York manufacturer of orthopedic braces; in addition to financial data the books include daily notations on both business and personal activities and appointments, the weather, and current news and events.
Type of Material:
Daybooks.
Subject:
Pulaski (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Pulaski (N.Y.) -- History.
Machinists.
New York State
Business and Industry
Science and medicine
Business enterprises -- New York (State) -- History.
Orthopedic braces -- Design and construction.
Creator:
L. C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter Co.
Inclusive Dates:
1890- 1904
Abstract:
The collection consists of business
correspondence and a few items of printed material of mostly promotional
nature.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Advertisements.
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History.
Business and Industry
New York State
Typewriter industry.
Business enterprises -- New York (State) -- History.
Creator:
Squair, Lyall D.
Inclusive Dates:
1909- 1909
Abstract:
Advertising posters (24) for various products, intended for posting in streetcars. Products include Sanitol toothpaste, Beech-Nut peanut butter, Crisco, Pillsbury, Zett's Bavarian beer, more.
Type of Material:
Advertisements.
Car cards.
Posters.
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History.
Advertising.
Art -- Illustrators
Business and Industry
New York State
Advertising -- Alcoholic beverages.
Advertising -- Beer.
Advertising -- Clothing and dress.
Advertising -- Cosmetics.
Advertising -- Food.
Advertising -- United States -- History.
Advertising -- Milk.
Advertising -- Shoes.
Advertising -- Soap.
Advertising -- Toothpaste.
Business enterprises -- New York (State) -- History.
Cable cars (Streetcars)
Commercial art -- 20th century.
Electric railroads -- Cars.
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1847- 1919
Abstract:
Sheet music printed in Syracuse, New York; many items include advertisements for local businesses
Type of Material:
Advertisements.
Sheet music.
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Music
New York State
Publishing, printing and book arts
Business enterprises -- New York (State) -- History.
Creator:
Blackwell, Wheeler.
Inclusive Dates:
1852- 1889
Abstract:
Wheeler Blackwell was a
jeweler from Lodi, New York. Collection contains correspondence, memorabilia,
printed material, and postcards.
Type of Material:
Circulars (fliers)
Correspondence.
Postcards.
Subject:
Lodi (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Lodi (N.Y.) -- History.
Jewelers.
New York State
Jewelers -- New York (State)
Business enterprises -- New York (State) -- History.