Thomas Hardware Store (Breckenridge, Mich.) Organizational records, 1900, 1963

Summary

Creator:

Thomas Hardware Store (Breckenridge, Mich.)

Abstract:

Organizational records include various financial accounts and a photography (copy) of the store.

Extent:

2 cubic feet (in 1 box, 4 Oversized volumes)

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by K. Bailey, M. Matyn

Background

Scope and Content:

The collection consists mainly of accounts and related financial information, such as inventories of goods, expenditures, income, and the purchases and debts of customers, 1900-1959, and tax information, 1963. Each volume is indexed in the front.

Biographical / Historical:

Organizational history:

Thomas Hardware Store in Breckenridge, Michigan, began as P.C. Thomas Company, operated by P. C. Thomas, 1900-1931. L.D. Johnston operated the store from 1927 to 1949. Ethel Thomas, later Mrs. Neitzke, operated the store from 1949 to 1963. P.C. Thomas was a dealer in builders’ and general hardware, farm implements, vehicles, kitchen equipment, paints, oils, harnesses, stoves, and ranges. The store was located on the south side of Saginaw Street in Breckenridge. A photograph of the store is in the book, Breckenridge centennial, a copy of which is in the Clarke.

Acquisition Information:

no Acc#

Arrangement:

Arrangement is alphabetical and then chronological.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Account books--Michigan--Breckenridge.
Account books--Michigan--Gratiot County.
General stores--Michigan--Gratiot County.
General stores--Michigan--Breckenridge.

Names:

Thomas Hardware Store (Breckenridge, Mich.)
Thomas, ,P. C.

Places:

Gratiot County (Mich.)--History.
Breckenridge (Mich.)--History.