Our Special Outfit [advertizing circular]
Issued by a Harlem clothier at Seventh Avenue and 130th Street, this flyer notes that "by using only two or three cloths and making up tremendous quantities we are enabled to give better value." Here they offer a boy’s suit with two sets of trousers for $4.00.
Artwork Details
- Title: Our Special Outfit [advertizing circular]
- Author: Shaughnessy Brothers (American, established late 19th century)
- Date: ca. 1895
- Medium: Wood engraving, with attached fabric swatches
- Dimensions: 4 13/16 × 7 1/2 in. (12.3 × 19 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
- Object Number: 60.609.50(2)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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