Invoice

The Islington Machine Company, manufacturers of baby carriages and sewing machines, issued this invoice to Mr Day in May 1911.

Walter Day (1877-1961) and Emily Amelia Hobden (1882-1960) were married in Islington on 14 April 1906. Like his father George, who was a brewery stoker, Walter worked at the Whitbread Brewery in Chiswell Street. Walter was a cellar man. He and Emily lived in Islington until the late 1930s when Walter retired from the brewery and the family moved out of London. The Days had four children - Walter, Ena, Edith and Sydney.

This invoice records the sale of a bassinette pram for the couple's son Walter who was born on 19 January 1911.

The invoice's billhead is illustrated with views of the company's branches in Kingsland High Street and Upper Street, Islington.