Dental Record Odontogram Ledger H.P. Brooke Madison Sq Hotel NYC 1920s For Sale

This item is a vintage dental patient record combining an odontogram, or tooth chart, with a payment ledger, offering a clear snapshot of early twentieth-century restorative dentistry and professional office record-keeping. The patient is identified as Mr. H. P. Brooke, with a residence at the Madison Square Hotel in New York City, placing this record within the context of Manhattan hotel society and transient professional-class patients of the period. The form itself was manufactured by The C. E. Sheppard Company of New York, a prominent producer of loose-leaf ledger systems widely used in medical and dental offices across the early to mid-twentieth century.The odontogram is printed in a light blue-grey ink and features detailed diagrams of both the upper and lower dental arches, including facial and occlusal views of the teeth. These diagrams were intended to record existing dental conditions, restorations, missing teeth, and planned treatment through period markings, though on this particular card the chart area appears to be unfilled. The ledger portion of the card is pre-printed with columns for date, chart number, time, debit, and credit, indicating that this sheet was part of an integrated patient account system. The debit and credit columns reflect standard accounting practices for dental practices of the era, recording charges for procedures and payments received.The card shows evidence of having been part of a binder system, with four punch holes along the right edge, each showing minor wear and slight tearing from use. The paper has aged to a deep, uniform yellowed tone consistent with prolonged exposure to light and air. A faint vertical crease runs through the center of the page, and the edges, particularly at the bottom and right, exhibit brittleness, minor fraying, and small tears. The top left corner also shows some wear. There are no handwritten entries on this particular sheet, leaving the odontogram and ledger areas blank, which is not uncommon for cards that were prepared for a patient but never fully utilized or were kept as spares within the office filing system.This piece is of particular interest to collectors of medical and dental ephemera, genealogists researching the Brooke surname in New York City hotel society, and historians studying early twentieth-century dental office administration and record-keeping practices.PLEASE NOTE: This item may be shipped according to how it was originally folded.