A glimpse into the daily life of a 1912 butcher shop, preserved in a large, narrow, elongated ledger. On the blue and red ruled pages, ink handwriting records customers' names, cuts of meat, quantities, and amounts due: chops, legs of lamb, pork fillet, sweetbreads, and kidneys make up these daily accounts. Its dark cloth-covered cover, adorned with the gold inscription "Agenda 1912", and its handwritten pages give it all the charm of old business ledgers. A beautiful piece for a collection dedicated to food trades, ephemera, or handwriting.
✦ Provenance: France ✦ Period: 1912 ✦ Dimensions: approx. 36 × 16 × 3 cm ✦ Material: paper, cardboard cover covered in cloth ✦ Contents: +360 pages - fully used ledger ✦ Condition: worn cover, rubbing, stains and wear at the edges; yellowed paper with foxing and stains.
Old 1912 butcher shop ledger, a handwritten document on commerce and dietary habits at the beginning of the 20th century.
