Old Whitechapel Letterheads & Receipts
July 5, 2023
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It is my delight to publish these old Whitechapel letterheads and receipts from Philip Mernick‘s astonishing ephemera collection. Many are remarkable for the beauty of their typographic design as well as revealing the wide range of industry and commerce.
Speigelhalters were in Whitechapel from 1928 until 1988
Gardiner’s Corner was a familiar landmark in East End for generations
This was the family business of the artist Nathaniel Kornbluth
All letterheads and receipts courtesy of Philip Mernick
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These old letterheads and receipts give us a glimpse of the past in Whitechapel. They show us what businesses were like and also have nice designs. It’s interesting to look at them and imagine what life was like back then.
I’m so pleased the GA (and friends) keeps and documents these.
I appreciate it’s a wee bit off-topic, but our workshop had a tiny creamy ’62 fiat giardiniera station wagon convertible and it was perfect for deliveries to museum clients, to crossrail and our architects. The sides were painted as a tradesman’s van in the style seen here (Woollen Merchants Gordon & Son).
Happy Days
Here, in my Glasgow garage, you will find saws, planes and other tools that were “bought of Buck & Hickman” by my father, Hymie, who made furniture during most of the last century at various addresses in Curtain Rd., Hoxton Sq., and Dalston.
Loved reading this assortment of receipts from the various merchants of Whitechapel. It would be great to see these and others like them gathered together and published as a book.
Great stuff, as always.
The bill for Beef & Butter advertises a “Marmite Bonus” can anyone shed light?
Wonderful collection – I especially liked the polite prospective 1937 letter from D & D Levy. So different from the moronic cold calls you have to endure (or in my case generally not) these days.
For some reason, my Dad kept all his receipts during the first 10 years of my parents’ marriage, so we have a superb snapshot of some of the many small businesses around Huddersfield in the 1950s.