Manufactured by
Unidentified
Used by
Shearer Cottage, American, founded 1903
Date
1945-1956
Medium
leather, cardboard, paper and ink
Dimensions
12 x 7 3/4 x 3/4 in. (30.5 x 19.7 x 1.9 cm)
Description
298 page accounting ledger used by the vacation home, Shearer Cottage, to record deposits during the summer season for the years 1945 to 1956. The ledger is bound in an unadorned red and brown leather backing boards. The spine is broken with loose pages.
Place used
Oak Bluffs, Duke County, Massachusetts, United States, Martha's Vineyard, North and Central America
Classification
Documents and Manuscripts
Type
ledgers (account books)
Topic
Black Enterprise
Black interiors
Business
Recreation
Segregation
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Shearer Cottage
Object number
2012.2.1
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ef3efcad-89c9-4b28-b3bf-e49bd9ab0601

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