Grocery Price List Fragment from Early Ledger
A dense price list itemizes dried apples, apricots, arrowroot, grease, axe handles, bacon, baking powder, barley, bran, butter, candles, cheese, chocolate, cocoanut, cordial syrups, confections, corn flour, dripping, eggs, essences, eucalyptus, fish, flour, fly paper, infant foods, fruits, Fuller’s Fruit Salt, ginger, herbs, hops, honey, olives, jellies, kerosene, lard, lime juice, macaronis, matches, milk, mustard, oils, olives, and various medicines, with unit prices in pence and shillings for each item. The list reflects a broad 19th or early 20th century grocery catalog with vendors and common household staples and imports.
Food and grocery prices from old market ads
A dense list of dried fruits, pills, soaps, spices, and staples with unit prices from a historic shop ad. Items include peaches dried, prunes, plums, raisins, salt, sauces, soaps, soda, starch, sugar and various pill brands. Many entries show per unit, per dozen, or per tin prices with shillings and pence.
Geraldton’s Leading Department Store Old Time Market Prices
A fragment listing prices from Geraldton’s leading department store for tea, tobacco, wax, wines, ales, stout and whisky. Items include Amgoorie Ceylon tea 6/3 for 12 tins, Dark Havelock tobacco 5/6 per pound, Yankee Tandle candles 5/8 per cake, Beeswax per pound 2/8, and various ales and whiskies with bulk and case pricing.
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Ceylon
der Yi Tricophe Barry's
Ind
Cooper
Rourke's
House of Lords
Munro's
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Frank Green & Go's
Bidwell's
Kelly's
Keen, Robinson's
Hovris
SO & AL
Canterbury
Block
Fry's
van Houten
Symington's
Harger
Clement's
ESG Forder
Oz. Universal
Eucalyptus
Geraldton
Allen and Hanbury’s
Mien and Hanbury's
Eatle's
Robinson
Doz. L
Dee Rd
Pkt
Pkis
Clarke
Nestle
Colman
Barcelung
Beecham's
Baltanas
Humphries
Worcester, Lea & Perrins
Holbrook's
Holbrook’s
Lyle's
Perth
Colonial Mutual Insurance Co., Fire & Marine
Munroe
Vention Wi
Frank Green & CO
Geraldson
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