[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."