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This ledger contains medicine related sales made between 1853 and 1863 by Hiram G. Farrell that were to be sent via riverboat to various destinations. The ledger contains the boat names, items being shipped, weight, cost, purchaser, and signatures of clerks or other representatives for the boats.
Some early railroad shipments on the Peoria and Bureau Valley Railroad are noted starting in this ledger starting in November of 1854.
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This ledger contains medicine and other sales made by the druggist, Hiram G. Farrell, that were to be sent via carriage to central Illinois destinations.
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Gustave E. Karl stands in front of Clarkson's Peerless Laundry and Tonsorial Parlor (barber shop) on 2616 S. Adams St.
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This is an early letterhead for the first Peoria High School dating to about 1865. It is a single sheet of paper folded in half to create four pages to write on.
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This is a broadside advertisement for an Illinois river excursion that was to take place on Sunday, July 21, 1912. The Illinois Traction System- McKinley Lines were to stop at Peoria where people would board the steamer Percy Swain. Percy Swain was to leave Peoria at 10 a.m., arrive at Chillicothe at 12 noon, leave Chillicothe at 1 p.m., and arrive back in Peoria at 5:45 p.m. There was also to be a scheduled to stop at the Al Fresco Park on the return trip.
