Sales Records
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Park-Brannock.
label: Collection Creator
content: Park, Ernest N.
label: Collection Creator
content: Brannock, Otis C.
label: Collection Creator
content: Brannock, Charles F., 1903-1992
label: Collection Creator
content: Brannock Device Company.
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content: Brannock Device Company Records
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content: Brannock Device Company Records / Subgroup 2: Park-Brannock Shoe Store Records
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1927-1961
label: Date
content: 1976-1977
label: Date
content: 1916-1918
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0672, Series 4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series is arranged into seven subseries:  Customer Correspondence, 1928-1944; Supplier Correspondence, 1927-1944; Florsheim Sales Instruction Manual; Inventories, 1961; Promotions; Receipts, 1916-1918; and Sales Floor Management.   

The customer and supplier correspondence consists of mail orders, returns, and repair requests.  An interesting aspect of the customer correspondence is the amount of shoe orders customers placed through the mail.  Customers often received several pairs of shoes matching their descriptions, selected a pair, and mailed the remainder back to Park-Brannock.  Sometimes customers would send in an outline of their foot to be sized or color swatches to match the shoes to a dress.  Often the purchasing negotiations would require several letters between store and customer.  The most prominent shoe supplier to correspond with Park-Brannock was the Selby Shoe Company, followed by Brown Shoe Company; Marshall, Meadows, and Stewart, Inc.; and LaValle, Inc.