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Boots shoes & rubbers for everybody

Description: Image of S.B. Abeles' clothier storefront with a line of people walking in on the left looking shabby with a banner that reads "We are going to be clothed," and walking out on the right with a banner that reads "How do we look now?" looking well-dressed in tailored jackets, overcoats, waistcoats and trousers; rack featuring several styles of hats and three different lace-up and button boots and shoes pictured above the main storefront image.
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Date: after 1884
Call number: priJLC_FASH_001646
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

Fitchburg Pictorial Advertiser ... published by J.A. Russell & Co., and distributed gratuitously

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Image of a 4-page advertisement with a central image of J.A. Russell & Co.'s "Emporium of fashion" storefront with a line of people walking in on the left looking shabby with a banner that reads "We are going to be clothed," and walking out on the right with a banner that reads "How do we look now?" looking well-dressed in tailored jackets, overcoats, waistcoats and trousers; surrounding columns of the newspaper contain other vignettes, cartoons, and advertisements for various clothing, furnishing goods, trunks, and other dry goods provided by J.A. Russell & Co. including images of men's day and evening wear and African-American men.

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Boots shoes & rubbers for everybody. Geo. G. Alexander, dealer in ladies', gent's and misses' fine boots, shoes, slippers & rubbers

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Image of three different lace-up and button boots and shoes with scrolling banners for advertising text below.

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From the old reliable boot and shoe store, Jos. Eichenlaub. Manufacturer and dealer in boots & shoes rubbers, &c

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Image of a horse-drawn vehicle in the shape of a very large boot full to the top of various styles of shoes and boots; vehicle is being driven by a man with a top hat and a very large whip and pulled by two horses.

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Established 1856 fashion plate 1878 Henry Arthur manufacturer of boot & shoe uppers

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Image of a variety of shoe, boot, and gaiter styles for men and women with name and number key text below each shoe style; vignettes to the left and right portray a woman seated in an armchair being helped into her button boots by a lady's maid, and a seated man putting on shoes with the help of an African American servant; image of Henry Arthur's business building and storefront at center of print advertising "leather & findings boot & shoe uppers."

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Established 1856 fashion plate 1879 Henry Arthur manufacturer of boot & shoe uppers

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Image of a variety of shoe, boot, and gaiter styles for men and women with name and number key text below each shoe style; vignettes in each corner portray various scenes from daily life including a young woman watering plants, a girl feeding birds, an organ grinder with a monkey in costume, and two children sledding down a snowy hill near a woman carrying baskets on her head; image of Henry Arthur's business building and storefront at center of print advertising "leather & findings boot & shoe uppers."

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Henry Arthur send for price list 84 & 86 Gold St. N.Y. Manufacturer of boot, shoe & gaiter uppers

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Image of a variety of shoe, boot, and gaiter styles interspersed with several cartoons and vignettes surrounding a larger center cartoon of men and women caricatures fishing for various "Centennial wants" in the crowd below; cartoons include African American, Chinese, American Indian, and Hindi men; name and number key text below each shoe style; image of Henry Arthur's business building and storefront in New York City at top center of print advertising "leather findings wholesale & retail."

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Boots shoes & rubbers for everybody

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Fitchburg Pictorial Advertiser ... published by J.A. Russell & Co., and distributed gratuitously

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