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Reading an Old Receipt

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Weidner Store Receipt, June 17, 1895

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, the Weidner Store went through some changes - owners, items sold, and customers. With changes came different receipt designs. At the Raupp Museum, we have a few different receipt designs from different time periods of the Weidner Store. One of our earliest receipts is featured above. While the receipts are different, some features will look similar across all of them.

  • Name of Store
  • Name of Customer
  • Date
  • Credit Or Items Purchased
  • Total Cost of Items

Take a look at the receipt above and see if you can find this information. 

  • Store Name: J.G. Weidner
  • Customer: J.G. Spoerlein
  • Date: June 17th, 1895
  • Items: Coffee, Cloth, Spices, Herring, Spool, Brush, Groceries, Mustard, Paint
    • Credit: For eggs
  • Cost of Items: $26.05 - Credit of $18.55 = $7.50 owed

You may also notice some shorthand for certain items and codes. For example, the repeated "Cr" near the bottom was short for "credit".