[A clerk's photograph, on silver gelatin paper, of two items: (1) a page from the Cadenza & Sons Consulting Services pay-book, 1922 volume; and (2) a cash voucher from the same file. Both entries boxed in pencil, presumably Ostermann's.]
CADENZA & SONS — MACHINE TOOLS AND MUNITIONS PARTS — IRONSIDE, PORT HUME Consulting Services — Pay-Book for the year 1922
NO. DATE NAME PURPOSE AMOUNT CLEARED
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031 3/14/1922 J. Murrack, esq. legal — steel contract revision 320.00 ✓
032 4/02/1922 T. Hetherington technical — boiler inspection 175.00 ✓
033 5/18/1922 Miss E. Darr office — temporary clerical 44.00 ✓
034 6/15/1922 P. Devlin security — night watchman backup 120.00 ✓
035 7/05/1922 I. Prendergast security consulting —
munitions-parts procurement risk 900.00 ✓ (cash, advance)
036 7/28/1922 I. Prendergast security consulting —
balance on above (final instl.) 600.00 ✓ (cash)
037 8/09/1922 R. Cotton, Esq. legal — labor dispute counsel 250.00 ✓
038 8/30/1922 H. Phelps technical — forge redesign 185.00 ✓
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Entered by: O. BRECHT, Chief Engineer / Accounts Audited: (pending)
[Second photograph: voucher corresponding to entry No. 036]
[A pre-printed voucher of Cadenza & Sons. Filled out in ink.]
CADENZA & SONS — CASH VOUCHER
VOUCHER NO.: 1922 / 036
DATE: 28 July 1922
PAY TO: Mr. I. Prendergast [crossed out; rewritten]: bearer per arrng.
ITEM / PURPOSE: Security consulting — balance on munitions-parts
procurement risk review, 1st – 28th July inst.
(See voucher 035 of 5 July for first installment.)
AMOUNT: $600.00 [six hundred and no/00]
METHOD: Cash, from petty cash account no. 4.
RECEIVED BY: [signature smudged — "I. P." or similar]
AUTHORIZED BY: [signature] O. Brecht, Chief Engineer
COUNTERSIGNATURE: [blank — space for Emil Cadenza's initial, left empty]
[company stamp]
[pencil annotation in the margin of the photograph, Ostermann's hand:]
"Note the 'bearer per arrangement' amendment — suggests Prendergast himself did not collect; someone collected for him. Note the blank countersignature line — the employer Emil Cadenza did not initial this voucher as he did, per the photograph of the 7/05 voucher, initial voucher 035. Either Emil refused on the 28th, or Brecht did not seek his initial. I would like to ask Brecht which. I will not be permitted to ask Brecht. — H.O., 11 Sept 1922."