c1910 antique JA PETERS SAUSAGE detroit mi PHOTO LETTERHEAD horse wagon delivery
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Original antique printed business letterhead from J.A. Peters Sausage, Detroit, Michigan, featuring an illustrated horse-drawn delivery wagon used by the company during the early 20th century.
The letterhead includes a period illustration depicting a fully enclosed branded wagon marked “Peters Sausage,” hitched to a draft horse, reflecting the firm’s use of horse-drawn delivery prior to widespread motorized transport. Typography, illustration style, and delivery imagery support a circa 1910 date, consistent with documented wagon use by the company.
This is an authentic period commercial paper item, not a reproduction, and forms part of a larger business archive preserved from the company. Illustrated meat-trade letterheads from regional firms are increasingly scarce, particularly those depicting delivery wagons.
Physical details:
Medium: printed paper letterhead
Format: single sheet
Condition: period wear consistent with age (see images)
Usage: original business stationery (unused or used as shown)
Strong subject matter for collectors of Detroit history, food and sausage trade ephemera, advertising art, and horse-drawn commercial transportation.
Estate Provenance
This letterhead comes directly from the J.A. Peter’s Sausage estate and is part of a larger group of original company and family photographs and paper archive material. Additional material from this same estate will be listed separately unless otherwise sold.
Historical Note: J.A. Peters Sausage (Detroit)
A horse-drawn delivery wagon marked “J.A. Peters Sausage” dated 1908–1912 is preserved in the collections of The Henry Ford museum, confirming the company’s operation in Detroit, Michigan during the early 20th century. Illustrated wagon imagery on company letterhead reflects standard advertising practices of local, family-run sausage and meat businesses during this period.
Later records reference a “Peters Sausage Company” operating in Detroit by the mid-20th century; however, direct continuity between the early J.A. Peters Sausage business and later entities has not been definitively established through primary documentation.
Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
CONDITION: See listing description and photos.
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