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The adjustable. Narragansett Suspender & Web Company

Description: Image of a pair of striped web suspenders with adjustable tabs; interlocking "NSWC" monogram at bottom center for Narragansett Suspender & Web Company.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1874
Call number: priJLC_FASH_002960
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress.

Metallic end suspenders : duplex metallic ends

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Image of a woman using a pair of suspenders to drop from a second-story window frame to the ground; a man waits for her with arms outstretched as a male figure in a cap and dressing gown leans out the window with a candle in hand to survey the scene; woman and man below are dressing in historical costume; interlocking "WB&C" monogram at bottom center in stylized belt frame for West, Bradley & Cary Manufacturing Company.

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Our suspenders are made with improved ends, and celebrated for their beauty of finish & durability of material

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Image of a man brushing his hair in front of a mirrored dresser with a woman dressed in a ruffled dress with bustle helping him dress by fastening his suspenders; interlocking "WB&C" monogram at bottom center for West, Bradley & Cary Manufacturing Company.

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American suspender company

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Image of a herald mounted on a black horse carrying a banner standard bearing an elephant and the slogan "In hoc signo vinces" and wearing a tabard with pointed helmet, gloves, and cape; wide stylized floral border with "ASC" interlocking monogram in two bottom corners; two images of medallions with German text indicating an award of merit at the World Expo 1873 Wien in top corners; elephant pictured in lower center of border pulling against suspenders fastened to a tree trunk with the word "trademark" printed above it.

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Lion brace : manufactured by the American Suspender Company

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Image of a female lion tamer performing with a lion; the lion rises on its hind legs as the woman pulls on suspender straps at the animal's mouth; two images of medallions with German text indicating an award of merit at the "Weltausstellung 1873 Wein" (1873 World Exposition in Vienna) with looped suspenders at top center; American Suspender Company monogram "ASC" at bottom center.

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The improved ed-yan patented Feb. 17. 1874. Narragansett Suspender & Web Co. Trade mark

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Image of a man wearing suspenders with a collared button-down shirt with tie and pants with front and back views in two panels; ornamental gold framing around panels and printed text; bust in three-quarter view of a North American Indian man wearing a feathered headdress in small circular frame at bottom center.

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American Suspender Company. Great western brace

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Image of an elephant draped in Indian fabrics and tassels pulling up a tree stump with suspenders surrounded by a decorative border; "American Suspender Company's Works" buildings visible in background.

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The adjustable. Narragansett Suspender & Web Company

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