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1、OVERVIEWTitle:WarshawCollectionofBusinessAmericana:BusinessEphemera:Men’sClothingExtentandFormsofMaterial6cubicfeet,including(18boxes,12oversizefolders)ScopeandContent:Thissubjectcategory-Men’sClothingconsistsprimarilyofadvertisements,pricelists,receipts,correspondence
2、onletterheadstationary,invoices,brochures,tradecatalogs,patents,importandexportdocuments,fabricsamples,samplebooks,imagesandpublications.ThematerialsrelateprimarilytotheproductionandsaleofclothingforbothmenandboysintheUnitedStates.TherearealsosomematerialsfromEngland,I
3、reland,Canada,Japan,andFrance.Thematerialswerecreatedfortheconsumermarket.Clothingitemsincludeshirts,collars,neckties,vests,suspenders,pants,overcoats,andhats.Therearealsofabricswatchesincludedwiththesomeillustrationsoftheclothingitems,alongwithdetaileddescriptions.Ove
4、rsizematerialsarecomprisedofprintedadvertisements,brochures,catalogs,displays,pricelists,relatedpublicationsandimagesthatareprimarilyfromperiodicals.Series1,ManufacturersandDistributors,circa1818-1943;undated,includesbills,receipts,businesscards,advertisingcards,printe
5、dadvertisements,businesscorrespondenceonletterheadstationaryandinvoicesfrommanufacturersandsellersofmen’sclothing.BusinessesrangeinsizefromsoleproprietorsortailorstolargemanufacturerslikeCluettPeabody,makersoftheArrowshirt,andlargeretailerssuchasBrooksBrothers.Thecompa
6、nieswerelocatedprimarilyintheNortheasternUnitedStatesincludingNewYork,Massachusetts,andPennsylvania,withseveralfromotherareasintheUnitedStatesandafewfromEnglandandCanada.AnumberofthecompanieswerelocatedinTroy,NewYork,knownasthecollarcity,asnotedonthecityofTroy,NewYorkw
7、ebsite,www.troyny.gov.Someofthematerialsdocumentfamilyownedandoperatedbusinesses.Thematerialsalsoreflectthechangingownershipsandpartnershipsformanyofthebusinesses.Materialsarearrangedinalphabeticalorderbythenameofthecompany.Whenthenameofthecompanywasnotavailablethemate
8、rialswereorganizedbybrandname.Series2,GeneralMaterials,1833-1896,includesimagesofmen’sclothingonadvertisingcards,illu
