Book, Account

Object Name:

Book, Account

Object ID:

2017.042.02

Date:

circa 1930

Description:

Ice order/receipt book, used at Maplewood Farm, Concord, NH. Printed paper booklet, stapled to piece of cardboard. Nine identical pages, including order form and stub; none filled in. Also (on top), two stubs with the order form removed. Stubs imprinted "Penacook Lake Ice Company / HENRY J. CROWLEY, Proprietor / Route 1 Tel. 1052-R". Order forms imprinted "All Bills Due Monthly / TO PENACOOK LAKE ICE COMPANY, DR. / Route 1"; "ICE SCORE" table numbered 1 to 31; "B&B20741" in lower right corner. Both forms have space for year, "193.....".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-12 W-3.65 inches

Provenance:

From Maplewood Farm, West Parish Road, Concord, NH. The farm was first owned by Ezra Abbott (b. 1765), who probably built the house in the 1790s. It remained in the Abbot family until 1858, when it passed to the Gile family, who owned it until the mid-20th century. Fred and Bertha Eastman owned the property until c. 1960, when it was acquired by Paul Abbott Burdette (1923-1978) and his wife Flora. They lived there until 1966. The donor is the son of Paul and Flora Burdette.

Maplewood Farm presumably bought ice from Penacook Lake Ice Company in the 1930s. The property includes an ice house/garage, built c. 1910. The gift includes ice tongs used at Maplewood Farm.

In 1970, Henry J. Crowley (1886-1974) donated ice cutting tools used by Penacook Lake Ice Company (1970.048).

Credit Line:

Gift of David Burdette, in memory of Flora Burdette

Subjects:

Icehouses, Ice, Ice industry, Farms