Grocery trade--Virginia

Accounting ledgers for a general store in Branchville, Virginia from mid-1948 through mid-1951. The ledgers include names of individuals, goods sold, and costs of items. Most entries are handwritten in pencil and have been marked or crossed out.

Four letters with David Pender Grocery Company letterhead and two 1935 photographs. Two of the letters are dated 1932 and 1935 respectively and briefly discuss luncheons. The two photographs were originally attached to the second letter; one was signed by Jack Dempsey, and the other features men from the luncheon.

Five 1958 photographs of the exterior of Holmes Grocery Store on Granby Street between Seekel Street and Filbert Street in Norfolk, Virginia. The grocery was also known as Talbot Park Delicatessen and was owned by John Ferris.

Two 1864 letters from L. W. T. Bulifant concerning the opening of his grocery store at the corner of Queen Street and James Street in Norfolk, Virginia.

Photographs of the Dozier family of Ocean View in Norfolk, Virginia, two postcards of Ocean View, a book The Coming of Willoughby, and a calendar for Dozier's Grocery store.

Twenty-three 1859-1876 invoices, two receipts dated 1876 and 1881, thirteen letters dating between 1809 and 1876, and one envelope, from Rowland and Brothers, a wholesale grocer and commission merchant in Norfolk, Virginia. The invoices, receipts, and correspondence were sent to Paul C. Cameron, a planter from Hillsboro, North Carolina.