Census of Retail Trade: 1948

Library Holdings:

United States census of business, 1948
United States. Bureau of the Census
Washington, U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1951-52 [v.1, 1952]
v. 1. Retail trade, general statistics, pt. 1 -- v. 2. Retail trade, general statistics, pt. 2, and merchandise line sales statistics -- v.3. Retail trade, area statistics -- v.4. Wholesale trade, general statistics and commodity line sales statistics -- v.5. Wholesale trade, area statistics -- v.6. Service trade, general statistics -- v.7. Service trade, area statistics.
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Guides:

Evolution of the United States Economic Censuses: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Industry research using the economic census : how to find it, how to use it
Boettcher, Jennifer C. and Gaines, Leonard M.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004
Table of contents link
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Guide to industrial statistics : industrial statistics program, locator guide to published data, types of data presented, publications of major censuses, other sources of statistics
United States. Bureau of the Census
Washington : U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Bureau of the Census : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1978
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