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

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1874
Call number: priJLC_FASH_002961
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.

The adjustable. Narragansett Suspender & Web Company

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Image of a pair of striped web suspenders with adjustable tabs; interlocking "NSWC" monogram at bottom center for Narragansett Suspender & Web Company.

priJLC_FASH_002960

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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Nashawannuck Mfc. Co. braces

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Image of a man and woman in a dressing room; man is pictured at right facing backwards wearing a white shirt and brown trousers; woman wearing a flounced and ruffled blue dress with wide open neckline and lace underskirt is playing with a small white dog and teasing it with a pair of red stripe suspenders; registration marks visible in all four margins.

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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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Geo. H. Adams own new Humpty Dumpty Troupe

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Image of three panels showing performances of a whiteface clown and an old man in short pants; the four members of the acrobatic troupe the Martinetti Family in a balancing act with one man standing on two upside down chairs while he holds up two female performers and another man stands on his head; and six vignettes of the Bernardo's jugglers doing juggling acts with knives, balancing tops, and fire sticks, including one before an Egyptian pyramid; the poster advertises the Humpty Dumpty Troupe of George Adams.

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

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