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Farmhouse ledger 1915-1929

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A narrow ledger with "Mrs. O.H. Barr" [Olga Helene (Schmidt) Barr (1878-1977)] hand written and "Order Book" printed on the pale green, fabric-covered cover. The book records purchases, expenses, sales of farm products, menus, guest names and addresses in the mid-1920s.
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2015.14.05

The Barr family operated a farm and a tourist home. The first page in the ledger is dated 1915 and logs the sale of butter and eggs. Other pages note the 1929 rent for the farm house or lists 1915 to 1918 weekly milk sales to Vos, Palzer, Bartlett, Houk, Crofart and other. Sales of farm products like calves, piglets, carrots, turnips are also recorded. Other notes include costs for wallpaper, farmhand wages, and breeding records.

Business: Restaurants1870 Fruit growing, farming, agriculture1930+ Tourism, lodging, hotels and B&Bs1880 Tourism steamship era -1930

Voss, Mary

ledger book - Barr

Wright, Edna Paula (Barr) 1900-2005Barr, Olga Helene (Schmidt) 1878-1977

1915 - 1920

055 A+B Ledgers, logbooks, records

Barr, Olga Helene (Schmidt) 1878-1977Arcadia on the Hill at Barr farm

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