J.E. Winterbottom Funeral Embalmer Antique Advertising Letterhead Receipt 1880s

Original Advertising Ephemera

Dr. J. Edward Winterbottom Funeral Director and Embalmer, New York City

who oversaw the reinterment of President and Civil War General Ulysses Grant:

"The house of J. Edward Winterbottom & Co., as now constituted, had entire charge of the transfer of General Grant's remains from their temporary resting place to the crypt of the magnificent tomb on Riverside Drive."

Original Antique Letterhead Receipt for the deceased

Arthur C. Saxton, a white casket, embalming, etc.

dated 1880s

Measures 8.5 x 9.5 inches, suitable for framing

Good condition, with period fold creases and some age wear

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