Trade Catalogue dataset

Creator(s): Penny Crook; Abi Belfrage; Alex Thorn

Year: 2019

Summary

This dataset includes the names and prices of over 55,000 ceramic, glass, footwear and jewellery items sold in 49 trade catalogues from Australia (Anthony Hordern & Sons 1894, 1897, 1899 and Mutual Store: 1892, 1900, 1907), the United Kingdom (Army & Navy Co-operative Society 1883, 1887, 1898; Bullene, Moores, Emery & Co. 1886-87; Civil Service Supply Association 1880; Harrod's Stores Ltd 1895; Henry S King & Co. 1880; Silber & Fleming 1860s, 1872, 1876, 1879, 1880s, 1889); United States (Bronner's Fashionable Clothing House 1886; Chicago House Wrecking Co. 1899; O. Jones 1877; H O'Neill & Co 1890-91; R. H Macy & Co. 1877; Sears, Roebuck & Co. 1894, 1897, 1902, Ward, Montgomery & Co. 1875, 1878, 1894–95, 1895); and Canada (T. Eaton and Co. Ltd 1896, 1897, 1901, 1901–1902; The John Eaton Co. Ltd 1897).

Cite this Record

Trade Catalogue dataset. Penny Crook, Abi Belfrage, Alex Thorn. 2019 ( tDAR id: 452656) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8452656

Data Set Structure

Measurement Column
Count Column
Coded Column
Filename Column
Integration Column (has Ontology)

Table Information: DataExport

Column Name Data Type Type Category Coding Sheet Ontology Search
ItemSubType VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ItemUserType VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ItemDimensionFrom DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ItemDimensionTo DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ItemDimensionType VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ItemForm VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Quantity BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
PriceDollar DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
PricePound BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
PriceShilling BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
PricePence DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
PriceRangeQualifier VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ItemNote VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
PageFrom VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
PageTo VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
DateEntered DATE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ImageFilename VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ItemType VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ProductItemName VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ProductItemOrderNo VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ProductGroupTitle VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ProductItemID BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
CategoryName VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
DepartmentName VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
YearIssued VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
StoreName VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ProductGroupID BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true

Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Ceramic • Glass • Hide • Metal

Investigation Types
Collections Research • Historic Background Research

General
Retailing / Wholesaling • Trade catalogue

Temporal Keywords
19th Century

Temporal Coverage

None: 1872 to 1907

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Penny Crook

Record Identifiers

ARC Identification Number(s): DE140101095

File Information

  Name Size Creation Date Date Uploaded Access
HistoricPriceData2019.xlsx 4.99mb Dec 11, 2019 4:23:32 PM Public
  • Translated version HistoricPriceData2019_translated.xlsx (6.13mb)
    Data column(s) in this dataset have been associated with coding sheet(s) and translated: