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Singer Sewing Machine Receipt and Envelope
Collection
The William Gladden Sr. Collection
Format
Original paper receipt and envelope
Date
1929-12-27
People
William Gladden Sr.; William Gladden; Bill Gladden
Location
Orlando, Florida, United States of America.
Historical Background
A Singer Sewing Machine receipt and envelope addressed to William Gladden Sr., the younger brother of Michael Gladden Jr. The receipt, sent from Orlando on December 27th, 1926, was for a new sewing machine at the price of $10.00 (approximately $183.12 today).
William Gladden Sr. was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1903. William attended Georgia Institute of Technology to learn to become a shoe cobbler, which housed a trade school for African Americans in the early half of the 20th century. William returned to Apopka to open his Shoe Hospital on 9th Street in the mid 1920s. William Gladden Sr. operated his business for more than half a century, as well as working as a driver for Orange County School Transportation.
Evidence from the early days of William Gladden Sr.'s shoe hospital is evident in this unassuming receipt for a sewing machine- likely a loyal friend in his repair business.
Transcript
RECEIPT:
V 246106
ALWAYS GET A
PRINTED RECEIPT
LIKE THIS
Shop at Orlando Fla
Received from Wm. Gladden
Ten Dollars --- Cents
on account written Contract No. 1223
being the sum indicated by the highest amount
printed on margin hereof.
Singer Sewing Machine Company (Incorporated)
By G. Johnson.
