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Accounts·PU-Mu 1050, Box 3, folder 7a·1953–1954

Account books, 1953–1954: Woolson's Economy Expense Book

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Typed and handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 29 of accounts PU-Mu 1050, Box 3, folder 7a (Account books, 1953–1954: Woolson's Economy Expense Book), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 3, folder 7a, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 29 of 52

[printed: Month of] April 1954

H O U S E H O L DO T H E R
[printed: DATE][printed: ITEMS][printed: RECEIVED][printed: DISBURSED]FoodWagesExpensesRepairsOutfitWagesOutfitSupplyOfficeCarsWork roomsPhotoTravelPhotographyTransportationBonus
Brought forward279418913770613714522400134827100461126001438958324953578
[204]/ 10/4/54 Cylinder71007100
(205) 2m. 2 steel tapes550550
(206) Ground glass583583
(207) Benzine r.e.24952495
Stationery26502650
(208) Radio battery10001000
5/4 Plaster450450
5/4 Stationery12111211
5/4 Acedon11001100
Tel. call7878
10/4 Milk267267
local food supplies1218312183
(209) Cons. supplies15671567
(210) Benzine20002000
(211) House & pers. wash30003000
14/4/54 House-boy-Bonus2548925489
15/4/54 Benzine29162916
Repair tyre400400
16/4/54 waste-paper baskets10001000
3 soup-plates600600
1 coffee-pot650650
food supplies2281622816
Advanced M. Hill1000010000?10000
2 pressure-lamps2040020400
6.1 gal. benzine20002000
W/E 17/4/54 Foreman1000010000
Draughtsman72007200
Apollo Guard50565056
Cook63006300
House-boy49004900
[printed: Totals]27941892936677241133600261492265068368270018328400100005831298925489
[printed: Budget]
[printed: Difference]

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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