Stephentown, NY - Early 1900s Freight Way Bills

Kinda cool! (Crisco Lard, Sears and Roebuck, Coffee...)
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Very cool!

It's interesting how the freight waybill changed over the years, from those around 1900 which were 8 x 14 or so, to the 8 1/2 x 11 in the mid 1900's, to electronic means today. I have several oldies framed, from Buffalo & Susquehanna, Delaware & Hudson Canal Co, and Western New York & Pennsylvania (the original, not the current railroad by that name.)

Put those under glass, they are a piece of history!

Considering the small quantities, I take it these shipments woud have been loaded in LCL cars.

Very cool! The BR&P ASTRAY bill shows handling of 1 mis-routed box that ended up in Rochester NY in error noting "Over in Car" as an overage of freight vs. billing found at the time of unloading, stamped "HOT" to expedite movement, and with charges noted F/A meaning "free astray" or non-revenue bill to get the freight to its proper destination. These same procedures and terms are still used in today's LTL business to get errant partial shipments to their correct destination.