Funerary Ephemera: Lot of Antique Undertaker Mortician Supply & Casket Manufacturers Billheads, Letterheads, Paper 1903 - 1924

Here's a collection of old funerary ephemera for those in the industry or for collectors. 10 antique billheads and other related paper records as found in the files of an old Western New York business. Included are:

Billhead from NATIONAL CASKET CO., of Rochester, NY from 1904; Billhead from WELLSVILLE MANUFACTURING CO., of Wellsville, NY, 1904 (Casket makers); Billhead from JOHN MARSELLUS MFG., Syracuse, NY 1904 (Undertaker supplies; Billhead from NUNDA CASKET CO., Nunda, NY 1904; Letterhead: CENTRAL CASKET CO., Buffalo, NY from 1917; Receipt from NATIONAL CASKET CO., Rochester, NY 1916; a Billhead from CENTRAL CASKET CO., Buffalo, NY from 1909; JOHNSON AND WILKINS CO., (Funeral Directors); Receipt from WELLSVILLE BURIAL CASE CO., 1909; and Billhead from ELMIRA CASKET CO., of Wellsville, NY, dated 1924.

It's an interesting assortment of ephemera that was found in the long-closed C.S. Persons Furniture/General store in Delevan, N.Y.. They sold everything from caskets to car parts and nearly everything else in tiny Delevan, NY. This old paperwork does show age, but everything is intact and worth framing. Interesting historical documents!