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[[preprinted form]]

[[underline]] ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY [[/underline]]
BUREAU OF ORDER
AND FOOD PRODUCTS
REDUCES COST OF LIVING
ASK FOR BOOKLET

[[underline]] MONEY ORDERS [[/underline]]
THIS SYSTEM FOR 
SMALL REMITTANCES
EXCELS ALL OTHERS
FOR SAFETY, ECONOMY
AND CONVENIENCE

[[underline]] TRAVELERS' CHEQUES [[/underline]]
PAYABLE ALL OVER THE WORLD
USED AS INTERNATIONAL
CURRENCY
[[underline]] FOREIGN REMITTANCES [[/underline]]
BY DRAFTS OR MONEY ORDERS
AT MARKET RATES

[[underline]] FOREIGN DEPARTMENT [[/underline]]
SUPERIOR SERVICE
FOR
SHIPMENTS ABROAD

UNIFORM EXPRESS RECEIPT
ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY

Receiving Form 21
June,1915-

NON-NEGOTIABLE RECEIPT ^[[ Feb. 21-]] 191 ^[[7]]

Received from______________________________subject to the
classifications and tariffs in effect on the date hereof, ^[[ 2 cases ]] _____________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________value herein stated and warranted by shipper to be ^[[ Not Over Fifty ]] Dollars.
(see foot note)

Consigned to ^[[ H. Walters Art Gallery ]]
at ^[[ Baltimore Md]] Charges ^[[ Collect [[circled]] 2 [[/circled]] ]]
which the Company agrees to carry upon the terms and conditions printed on the back hereof,
to which the shipper agrees, and as evidence thereof, accepts and signs this receipt.

_______________________
Shipper.
^McCabe 1359
For the Company.

NOTE --The Company's charge is based upon the character of the property, of which its value is an element, and its value must be declared in writing by the shipper unless its character is otherwise disclosed. When goods are hidden from view by wrapping, boxing or other means and the company is not notified of the character thereof, the shipper's declaration of value may be made by notation, "not exceeding $50.00" or "not exceeding $50.00 or 50 cents per pound, actual weight."