Bradshaw Furniture Company was part of Henderson’s mid-century business community, operating at Second and Clark streets. A surviving advertisement, identified as dating from approximately 1955, promoted the store with the slogan “Growing with Henderson” and listed its telephone number as 71316.

The business offered both new and used furniture, as shown on a surviving promotional matchbook manufactured by the Superior Match Company of Chicago. Together, the advertisement and matchbook preserve a small record of a Henderson merchant that supplied household furnishings and advertised its connection to the growing city.