Trade catalogs of home decoration, 1876-1929.

John Wanamaker (Firm)

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Wanamaker's legendary department stores were oalaces of consumption that turned shopping into an event for ordinary people. Born in Philadelphia in 1838, John Wanamaker pioneered the concept of the department store. In 1861 Wanamaker and his brother-in-law, Nathan Brown, opened Oak Hall, a men's clothing store. In 1876, intending to open a central market like London's Royal Exchange or Paris' Les Halles, he converted an abandoned Pennysylvania Railroad depot into a multipurpose clothing and spec...

Kroder-Reubel Co. Inc.

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A.A. Vantine & Co.

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James P. Silo (Firm)

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Carpet Hook & Novelty Co.

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Julius Hines & Son.

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Haig Brothers.

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Bigelow Carpet Company

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Chandler & Co.

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Paineville Metallic Binding Company.

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M.J. Whittall.

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H.C. Capwell Company.

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Central Expanded Metal Co.

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Union Loom Works.

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H.M. Bullard Co.

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Leathersteel Products Co.

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Ali Ashraff Soultanoff Collection.

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Karastan Rug Mills.

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E. Ross & Co.

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Union Special Sewing Machine Co.

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Heywood-Wakefield Company

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Harris Brothers Co.

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L. Barth & Company.

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Bird and Son, Inc.

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Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Company

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The Hartford Carpet Corp. and the Bigelow Carpet Co., both incorporated in 1854, merged in 1914 to become the Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Co. In 1924 that company merged with Stephen Sanford & Sons, Amsterdam, N.Y. and New York City, to become the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Co. The company had headquarters in New York City and manufacturing plants in Thompsonville, Conn. and Clinton, Mass. From the description of [Business records] / Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Co. and Bigelow-Sanford Carpet...

Olson Rug Company.

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Contrexeville Mfg. Co.

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Montgomery Ward

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Montgomery Ward, the world's first general merchandise mail-order business, issued its first single sheet catalog in 1872. By 1887, the Chicago based company had annual sales exceeding $1,000,000 and in 1889 it became a privately held corporation. In 1893, founder Aaron Montgomery Ward sold his controlling interest to partner George R. Thorne, and the company became a public corporation in 1919. In 1931, Sewell L. Avery became chairman and chief executive officer. His te...