Handwritten general ledger covering the years 1936 to 1939, organized by monthly income and expenses. The printed and fully completed columns detail transactions, purchases, overhead costs, taxes, personnel, and carried-forward sums, with numerous names, amounts, and accounting annotations.
✦ Period: 1936 to 1939 ✦ Provenance: Somain, France ✦ Dimensions: Approximately 33 × 25.5 cm ✦ Material: Paper, cardboard binding with cloth spine and green marbled covers ✦ Contents: 102 handwritten pages ✦ Condition: Worn cover, with rubbing at the edges and corners; interior complete, legible, with some foxing and signs of use.
An authentic accounting ledger from the 1930s, as decorative as it is evocative of the daily management of a local business or activity.
