Old receipts offer a tab to Buffalo Grove's past
Receipts from Buffalo Grove's General Store will be part of a lunch and talk at the Vernon Township Community Service Building from 12:30 to 2 p.m....
Receipts from Buffalo Grove's General Store will be part of a lunch and talk at the Vernon Township Community Service Building from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Oct. 6. Courtesy of the Raupp Memorial Museum The prices at the Buffalo Grove General Store would be the envy of shoppers today. Courtesy of the Raupp Memorial Museum Receipts from 1919 provide a window into Buffalo Grove during that time. Courtesy of the Raupp Memorial Museum Store receipts from a century ago can contain considerable archaeological value, with the scrawls of dry goods clerks as rich with historical data for aficionados of local lore as an ancient hieroglyph for an Egyptologist.