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George and Ottilie Botzenhardt account books, 1938-1960

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Title	George and Ottilie Botzenhardt account books, 1938-1960
Subject	Account books Budgets, Personal Home economics -- Accounting
Time Period	1930s; 1940s
Place	Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
Description	George (1888-1972) and Ottilie (1895-1978) of Toledo, Ohio's account books trace their financial difficulties in the 1930s to the more secure times of the 1940s and through their retirement in the 1950s until George's death in 1972. George worked at City Auto Stamping in Toledo, interrupted by layoffs and strikes. Relief, FERA and Bank Claims helped keep the family afloat during the Great Depression. George went on WPA in 1940, temporarily moving to a work camp in Perrysburg, OH. The Botzenhardt account books are two paperback Household Economic Account Books published by People's Savings Association in Toledo Ohio were adapted to record the Botzenhardt's income and expenditures from 1926-1937 and 1938-1960. Records for 1961-1972 were continued in a spiral bound notebook, including some annotated entries under catagories including house, food, [utilities], taxes, doctor bills, prescriptions, carfare, paper, gifts, church and insurance. With the three account books is a 1950 bill from Buckeye Woodworking Co., of Toledo, Ohio for installation of a window, kitchen sink and cabinet, a page with notes on the purchase history of family farm, and three scraps of paper with calculations.
Creator	Botzenhardt, Ottilie, 1895-1978
Date of Original	1938-1960
Collection	New Deal
Source	Account books, 8 items: George and Ottilie Botzenhardt account books, 1926-1972. VOL 1428
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only.
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