M & A Shogren business ledger, 1914-1918
Summary
Digitized version of a ledger for M & A Shogren, a dressmaking business owned by sisters May E. Shogren and Anne H. Shogren in Portland, Oregon. The ledger covers transactions from 1914 to 1918, with accounts arranged in multiple consecutive alphabetical lists. Entries include purchases from fabric retailers, sales to fashion houses and department stores, and custom work done for individual private clients from Oregon and throughout the West Coast. Customers appearing in the ledger include members of prominent Portland families such as the Corbett, Failing, Flanders, and Ladd families. Various other entries record monthly cash flow, expenses related to several properties, investments, and the Shogren sisters' individual earnings.
Repository Details
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