In case you may have missed this before - If the serial number of your Parker falls within the ranges of these missing books there may be only minimal information (or none whatsoever) existing to support a research letter on it.
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Parker Brothers Missing Stock Books
Book No. Ser. No. Range Approx. Mo./Yr.
5 11843 – 15042 XX/XX - June 1879
13 33689 – 36987 Mar. 1883 – Oct.1883
18 49285 – 52134 XXXX/XX – Sept. 1887
20 54985 – 57644 Nov. 1887 – July 1889
24 66719 – 69530 Jan. 1891 – Oct. 1891
26 72343 – 75154 Nov. 1891 – Sept. 1892
30 83402 – 86212 Nov. 1894 – Mar. 1897
34 94648 – 97459 July 1899 – XX/XXXX
35 97460 – 100271 XX/XXXX – Nov. 1900
37 103084 – 105895 Jan. 1901- XX/XXXX
38 105896 – 108707 XX/XXXX – XX/XXXX
39 108708 – 111443 XX/XXXX – May 1902
42 116354 – 119165 July 1902 – XX/XXXX
43 119166 – 122539 XX/XXXX – Sept. 1903
47 130976 – 133787 July 1904 – Oct. 1905
50 139412 – 142223 June 1906 – Mar. 1907
54 150698 – 153585 Apr. 1908 – XX/XXXX
55 153586 – 156473 XX/XXXX – XX/XXXX
56 156474 – 159361 XX/XXXX – May 1912
59 165138 – 168177 Mar. 1913 – XX/XXXX
60 168178 – 171217 XX/XXXX – May 1915
62 174258 – 177297 July 1915 – Apr. 1917
64 180338 – 183377 June 1917 – XX/XXXX
65 183378 – 186417 XX/XXXX – XX/XXXX
66 186418 – 188457 XX/XXXX – XX/XXXX
67 189458 – 192497 XX/XXXX – Oct. 1920
72 204658 – 207697 Mar. 1923 – XX/XXXX
73 207698 – 210737 XX/XXXX – Oct. 1924
77 219858 – 222897 May 1926 – May 1927
80 228978 – 232017 Mar. 1928 – June 1929
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Stock books did not have a number marked on them. These stock book numbers are assigned according to the serial number ranges contained in each book.
The stock books end in January of 1936 with the last serial number recorded of 238934. After this date, Remington used IBM cards.
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