Collection of Thirteen Original Billheads - Baker and Hamilton, Sacramento, California, 1900

Collection of thirteen original billheads printed in black ink on light beige paper. Each billhead also includes handwriting in black ink. Datelined with multiple dates in 1900, Sacramento, California. The dates are June 19 and 21, July 13, August 15, 21, 25, 29, and 30, and September 5, 8, 11, 22, and 25. Sizes range between 8 1/4" x 5 1/4" and 8 1/2" x 6 3/4." Billheads are very clean and intact overall except for light age toning, a few horizontal and vertical fold lines, occasional rippling, the occasional small stain, a few small closed tears at the edges, and a paper stub tipped in at right on back. Each billhead and the entire collection are Very Good. A collection of thirteen original billheads from Baker and Hamilton of Sacramento, California to Frank Kunsting of Franklin, California. The number of line items varies between each billhead. Among the items Kunsting purchased were "Lace Lea Strings," "Table Spoons," "Steel Barley Forks," "Black Pipe," "1 Keg Wire Nails," "Bale Wire," "Wire Cutters," "[--?] King Air Rifle," "Steel Traps," "Mouse Traps," and "Wrenches." The printed header on each billhead 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. Mill, Mining and Railroad Supplies. Bicycles and Bicycle Supplies, Engines & Boilers, Dairy and Cheese, Factory Supplies." Additional printed text shows Baker and Hamilton also had locations in Los Angeles and New York. Baker and Hamilton was a mining, hardware, and agricultural supply company. It was founded during the California Gold Rush by Livingston Baker, of Boston, and Robert Hamilton, of Scotland. Baker and Hamilton both left for California in 1849. That same year, Baker and Hamilton met in the gold fields of California and began working for a man named Colonel J. L. L. F. Warren who had opened a mining and agricultural supply store on the American River. In 1853, Baker and Hamilton bought Warren's firm. Their company became a success due to mining and agriculture being two leading industries in California at the time. They later opened a San Francisco location in 1867 or 1868 and became one of the most successful agricultural supply businesses in the West.…