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Scope and ContentAccount book: Kostelecky Brothers Auto Repair, 218 Bloomfield St., Hoboken, 1947-1949. Hardcover single entry ledger book (Shaw's No. S300), 7-1/2" x 12" high. See archives 2009.021.0025 for the expense and income record book for 1947-1950. Although name of business title does not appear on it, the donor of this book was donated by a Kostelecky family member (Florence Quinzel nee Kostelecky) and it came from the business address. Dated entries with lengthy details of work performed by customer with pricing for each; notes includes totals and date paid. Index entries with pages referred to: Cordt's Moving & Storage Co., 521 Washington St. Bell-Ho Dairies Geismar Shop American Red Cross, pg 214 Elk Market W.J. Duffy, pg 184 [to pg 195] Herold's Bake Shop Jersey Observer, pg 115 [to pg 140] Kostelecky Bros., pg 174 [to pg 176] Hoboken Transportation Co., pg 204 [to pg 208]; John Frau, 104 Tenth St. Keuffel & Esser Co., pg 220 Joseph La Paglia, 160 First St. Walter Mulford Coal Co., pg 148 [to pg 150] John F. O'Hara & Son, pg 224 [funeral home] Public Service Gas & Electric Co. Charles F. Trapp Seaboard Contracting Co., pg 260 [Eight Street Pier] Jacob Wenz Janssen Dairy Corp. was the largest customer and does not appear in the index, but pages 1-78 are devoted to this account. Also not listed in index, but recorded on pages 272-284 is work for the City of Hoboken, Department of Public Works. It should be noted that some of the index entries are detailed accounts of the work, but for most customers it is a summary of the fuller description found in the book.