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Company |
Location |
Brand Names |
Years of business |
Do I have a Catalog? |
known advertisements |
Busk Stamp |
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A. Claverie |
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Adante |
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Adjusto |
(See
Worchester
Corset Co. -WCC) |
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American Beauty
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(See Kalamazoo Corset Co.) |
American Beauty |
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American Lady |
(see Schilling Corset
Company) |
American Lady |
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1897 catalog |
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Armorside |
(See Birdsey, Somers & Co. )
85 Leonard Street, NYC (1896) |
Armourside F.P. |
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1880s booklet |
Ads - 1896 |
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Artist Model |
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Aurora Corset
Co. |
Aurora, Illinois |
Henderson |
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ads- 1902 |
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Ball’s |
(see Chicago Corset Company) |
Ball's |
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Berthe May's Corsets |
10 East 46th Street, NYC |
Berthe May |
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late 1910s ad |
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Bien Jolie |
(See
Worchester
Corset Co. -WCC) |
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Birdsey, Somers & Co. |
85 Leonard Street, NYC (1896)
349 Broadway, NYC |
Armourside
F.P.
F.P.
Military Form
F.P.
Pinchin Waist
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1880s booklet |
Ads - 1896 LHJ 6/1904
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Bon Ton Corsets |
(See
Worchester
Corset Co. -WCC) |
Bon Ton |
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catalog of aprox 1910
Catalog of about 1911 |
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Bortree
Manufacturing Co. |
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Duplex corsets |
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1870s-80s |
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Bridgeport Corset Company |
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Dr. Strong's Tampico Corset and
Tricora
stays
(a type of boning I think) |
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1870s-1880s |
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C/B a la
Spirite |
(see
Strouse, Adler
& Co.) |
C/B a la Spirite
(first
trademarked in 1886) |
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Exhibited at the 1893 Chicago World's fair |
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C/C a La Grace |
(see
Crompton Corset
Co.) |
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C.P. a la Sirene |
(see
HPF Laprince
Co. & Farey & Oppenheim Both
of Paris ) |
CP al la Sirene |
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Carol Brent |
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Carol Brent |
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Charis |
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Chas. A. Stevens & Bros |
Chicago, Ill |
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Vogue 2/1916 |
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Chicago Corset
Company |
250 & 252 Wabash Ave, Chicago (1883)
240 & 242 Monroe St, Chicago |
Ball's
H.P.
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1883 catalog |
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CCC HP |
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Cooley's Cork Corset |
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1870's |
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Coronet Corset
Company |
102 & 104 Wooster Street, NYC (1899)
Jackson, Mich. |
Flexibone Moulded Corsets
Life Modeled Coronets |
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10/1899
M&F
2/1902
Delineator
Exhibited at
the 1893 Chicago World's fair |
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Corset Specialty |
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Cortland Corset Co. |
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Crescent |
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Cresco |
(See Michigan Corset Co.) |
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May 1903 (Delineator) |
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Crompton Corset
Co. |
78 York street,
Toronto |
C/C al la Grace |
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1913 catalog |
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Crown |
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Crown |
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Cyclene |
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D & A |
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D&A |
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Datoiet & Co |
Brussels
Joseph Beckel & Sons are their US agents in 1893 |
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Exhibited at the 1893 Chicago World's fair |
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The Diana waist |
61
mulberry St
Newark,NJ |
The Diana waist |
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ad- 1898 |
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The Double Ve Waist |
The C.N.
Chadwick Company
Fourth
Ave & Baltic Brooklyn, NY |
The Double Ve Waist |
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1890s LHJ 6/1904 |
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The Dowager |
(See
Worchester
Corset Co. -WCC) |
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Dr. Schilling |
(See Schilling Corset Co.) |
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Dr. Scott |
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Dr. Strong's Tampico |
(See Bridgeport Corset Co.) |
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Duplex |
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Equipose |
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Eureka |
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Farey & Oppenheim |
Paris
(Manufactured with
H.P.F. Laprince
Co. of Paris ) |
C.P. a la Sirene |
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Exhibited at the 1893 Chicago World's fair |
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Fasso |
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Imported
by
B.
Altman department stores
(before
1886 called "the Pansy" corset) |
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1880s - early 1900s |
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FC |
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Featherbone |
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Ferris Bros. Company |
341 Broadway, NYC (1904) |
Ferris Good Sense Corset Waist
or Athletic waist |
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8/1896 M&F
6/1898
LHJ
6/1904 LHJ
9/1915
Delineator
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Fleur De' Lis |
From Jordan Marsh Made
in Paris |
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1890's |
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Flexibone |
(See Coronet Corset Co.) |
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10/1899
M&F
2/1902
Delineator |
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Formould Corset |
(See Lane Bryant) |
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1916 |
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FP |
(See
Birdsey, Somers & Co. )
349 Bway, NYC |
Armourside
F.P.
F.P.
Military Form
F.P.
Pinchin Waist
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1880s booklet |
5/1903 Delineator |
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Frolaset Corset
Company |
Detroit & NY |
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Vogue 2/1916 |
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Gage-Downs Co |
268 Fifth Ave Chicago, IL (1898, 1908)
260 Fifth Ave, Chicago (1905)
264 Fifth Ave, Chicago (1910) |
GD Justrite
GD Chicago Waist
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Exhibited at the 1893 Chicago World's fair
Ads- 1898
3/1905
1908
LHJ 1910
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The Gilbert MFG Co. |
70 Centre Street
New Haven, CT |
Gilbert Crest Corset |
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1890s |
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Globe Corset Co.
(GCC) |
Worchester,
MA |
Globe Corsets |
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McCalls May 1903 |
GCC |
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Goodwin Corset
Mrs. Goodwin
Emma E. Goodwin |
17 East 35th St, NYC 13
East 37th St, NYC (1923) |
Goodwin Corsets |
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1923 catalog |
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Gresco |
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Gresco |
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H.W. Gossard Co.
Gossard |
Steinway
Hall
Chicago,
Ill USA
Factories in:
Belvedere,
Ill
Dixon,
Ill.
Elkhart,
Ill. |
Gossard L'Irrestible |
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1911
Catalog
Fall-Winter /
1915-16
catalog |
1911 -
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Her Majesty's
Corset |
distributed by Jordan Marsh
Made in the USA |
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1890s |
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Henderson |
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Henderson |
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H.P. |
(see Chicago Corset Company) |
H.P. |
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H.P.F. Laprince
Co. |
Paris
(Manufactured with Farey & Oppenheim
of Paris ) |
C.P. a la Sirene |
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Exhibited at the 1893 Chicago World's fair |
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H. & W. Company |
Newark, NJ |
H&W Corset Waists |
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Delineator 4/1913 |
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IC a La Persephone |
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Tosca |
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1888 |
IC |
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ICC La Camille |
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Imperial Brand |
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Imperial |
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I.
Newman & Sons |
(From
the 1912 catalog:)
I.
Newman & Sons
222-224
Fourth Ave, NYC
310 West
Madison St, Chicago
87
Summer St, Boston
Factory
in New Haven, CT |
P.N. Corsets N. H.
Corsets |
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1912 catalog |
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International
Corset Co. |
Aurora, Illinois |
La Camille |
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Vogue 2/1916 |
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Izod |
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Izod |
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JC |
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JC |
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JC |
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Jackson Corset Company (JCC)
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Jackson, Mich. |
JCC Corsets |
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ads- 1898 Delineator
4/1913
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JCC |
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Jackson Favorite
Waist |
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Exhibited at the 1893 Chicago World's fair |
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Jenyn’s |
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Jenyn's |
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Joan Browne |
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Joan
Browne |
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Jordan Marsh &
Co. |
French
USA |
Fleur De Lis &
Her Majesty’s Corset |
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1891 |
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Joseph Beckel &
Company |
434
- 438 Broadway,
NYC |
The J.B. Corset
P.D. Finest French Corset |
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1905 |
JB
PD |
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Kabo |
384 Broadway, NYC
201 Monroe St, Chicago
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Kabo |
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1904-6ish catalog |
McCall's
3/1905 |
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Kalamazoo Corset
Company
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Kalamazoo, Mich. |
American Beauty |
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1910 catalog |
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Kestos
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London
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Kestos |
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1934 |
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Kid Fitting |
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Kops Brothers |
35 West Third Street, NYC |
Nemo Self-Reducing Corset |
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1911 booklet |
11/1906 |
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La Revo |
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Lady-Lyke
by J.C. Penny Company |
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Lady Lyke |
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late 1910s - early 1920s |
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Layne Bryant |
25 W. 38th Street, NYC |
"Formould Corset" |
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Vogue 2/1916 |
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LLL |
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Loomers |
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McAlister and Smith
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New Haven, CT USA |
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bought out in 1860 (see Strouse, Adler
& Co. ) |
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Madame Chaplin's Corsets |
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1853 |
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Madame Cornelle
Dupeyrot |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Exhibited at the 1893 Chicago World's fair |
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Madame Floyd |
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Madam Foy |
New Haven, CT Harmon,
Baldwin & Foy
"Arnold & Banning, NY & D.B. Fisk & Co, Chicago,
agents" |
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1873 ad |
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Mme. Irene |
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Mme. Lambert |
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Mme. Schwartz
Corsetiere |
11 East 47th
Street, NYC |
Schwartz Corset |
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Vogue 2/1916 |
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The Michigan
Corset Co. |
Jackson, Michigan
73 Taylor Street Springfield, MA (1907) |
Cresco |
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ads-
1898,
LHJ 3/1903
New Idea
6/1907 |
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Model Form |
(see Schilling Corset
Company) |
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Munchetto
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Munfiel Foudou |
Mexico |
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Exhibited at the 1893 Chicago World's fair |
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National |
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ND |
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Nemo |
(See
Kops Brothers)
120 East 16th
street, NYC |
Nemo
Self-Reducing |
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1906 |
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New Life |
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N. H. Corsets |
(See I. Newman & Sons) |
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In 1914 P.N. Catalog |
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NH |
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Nu Bone Corset Company |
Erie, PA
Los
Angeles, CA
Corry,
PA |
NuBone |
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1922 Catalog |
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P.D. |
(See Joseph Beckel & Co. though they may
simply be a distributer) From 1890s Jordan
Marsh catalog- "French sewed" |
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1890s 1904 aprox |
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P.N. Corsets |
(See
I. Newman & Sons)
(From
the 1912 catalog:)
222-224
Fourth Ave, NYC
310 West
Madison St, Chicago
87
Summer St, Boston
Factory
in New Haven, CT |
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1912 catalog 1914
catalog |
ad- 1890s |
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PS Corsets |
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1890s booklet |
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R & G Corset
Co.
(Roth & Goldschmidt) |
367 Broadway,
NYC 361 Broadway,
NYC (1896) 361-363
Broadway, NYC (1898)
South Norwalk, Connecticut |
R & G Corsets
 |
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Catalog - 1898 |
Many ads-1896,1902
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RG |
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Redfern |
(See Warner Bros Co.)
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3/1902
Harpers Bazar
5/1903
The Theatre
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Reliance Corset Company |
Jackson, Mich. |
Imperial Corset Waist |
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ad-1898 |
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Renne |
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Royal Worcester
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(See Worchester
Corset Co. -WCC)
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Sahlin Corset Co. |
43 Fulton St, Chicago
259 Franklin St, Chicago (1902)
1316 Wabash Ave, Chicago (1910)
1402 Congress St, Chicago (1911)
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Sahlin Perfect Form |
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3/1902
Harper's Bazar
Spring
1910 LHJ Style Book
5/1911
LHJ |
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Schilling Corset Company |
Home
Office-
288-296
Fort Street, W
Detriot,
Mich. (1897)
284 &
286 Madison St. Chicago, Ill (1897)
65 & 67
Wooster St, NYC (1897) |
Model
Form
American
Lady
The
Detriot Waist |
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1890's booklet 1897
catalog |
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Schwartz Corset |
(see Mme. Schwartz Corsetiere) |
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1916 |
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Sears |
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SL Prima Donna |
Imported? |
SL Prima Donna |
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1891 |
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Smart Form |
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Sonette |
by D. Hamburger & Co.
6&8 Sutter Street, San Francisco |
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1895 ad |
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Spencer |
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Spirella |
(1911) Factories in:
Meadville, PA
Niagra Falls, Canada
Letchworth, England |
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1911
Catalog
1912
Catalog
1929
catalog |
4/1913 Delineator |
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SPG |
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SPG |
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Stern Brothers |
West 23rd Street, NYC |
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ad-1902 |
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Strouse, Adler
& Co. |
412 Broadway,
NYC
& CT |
C/B a la
Spirite |
1860/62 –
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1902 |
CB |
Max Adler and Isaac Strouse were the
leaders of New Haven’s corset industry. In 1860, Strouse bought out
the McAlister and Smith Corset Manufacturing Business, and, with
Adler, his employee, began to develop a home industry for corset
production by selling newly minted Singer sewing machines door to door
to Yankee, Irish, and German women. In 1866, Strouse established the
first corset factory in the United States, a precursor to Strouse,
Adler on Oak Street in New Haven. By 1890, there were nine corset
firms operating in New Haven, making the city the largest manufacturer
of corsets in the United States.
1900s
In 1866, Strouse established the first corset factory in the United
States, a precursor to Strouse, Adler on Oak Street in New Haven. By
1890, there were nine corset firms operating in New Haven, making the
city the largest manufacturer of corsets in the United States.
(The shell of the Strouse-Adler corset factory now houses 142 loft
apartments, done up in industrial chic) |
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Swanbill |
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Treo Co. |
160 Fifth Ave, NYC |
Treo
Girdle
("The
all elastic corset") |
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Mc
Call's 12/1917
Woman's
World 8/1918 |
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Thomson,
Langdon & Co.
Langdon &
Batcheller’s
Geo. C.
Batcheller & Co. (1904) |
391 Broadway,
NYC (1872)
345 & 347
Broadway, (1904) |
Thomson’s
Glove Fitting Corsets
"Glove-Fitting"
"Militant"
Grand Duchess Corsets (late 1910s) |
|
1895 booklet 1904
callendar
catalog of about 1916-20 |
1872
2/1902
Delineator
4/1911
LHJ
5/1914
McCalls |
Crown
trademark |
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Van Orden Corset Co. |
Newark,
NJ factory
NYC
showroom
(factory
burnt in 1925) |
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Exhibited at the 1893 Chicago World's fair |
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V. Suppencia |
Vienna, Austria |
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Exhibited at the 1893 Chicago World's fair |
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W.A. Echelberger |
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Dr. Warner’s
Warner’s |
353 & 372
Broadway, NYC |
Coraline |
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1920 tiny Callendar |
1888 ad |
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The Warner
Brothers Co. |
632-634 Broadway, NYC
207-211 Jackson Blvd, Chicago
526 Market
Street,
San Francisco |
Redfern
Warner's Rust Proof
Dr. Warner's Coraline
Perfection Waists
Warner's Brassieres |
|
1902
full catalog
1912
tiny callendar
1914
tiny callendar |
6/1898
LHJ
9/1898
Delineator
5/1903
Delineator
4/1909
Ladies World
5/1915
McCalls
9/1915
Delineator
11/1917
Mod Pricilla |
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Watchspring |
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Weingarten
Bros.
W.B. |
377-379
Broadway, NYC (1902)
49 West 34th
Street, NYC (1915)
124 South 5th Ave, Chicago
Factories in
Newark, NJ and Portsmouth, England |
W.B.
Erect Form
Corsets
Reduso Corsets
Nuform Corsets
La Vida |
|
1894 catalog 1890s
catalog
1902-1903 catalog
1911 bill |
1/1898
Delineator
11/1906
8/1911 bill
11/1914 LHJ Exhibited at the 1893 Chicago
World's fair |
WB |
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Western Corset
Company |
St Louis, MO. |
Hygeia
(Electro-Magnetic Corset) |
|
Catalog
No. 16
of aprox
1902 |
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Worchester
Corset Co. (WCC) |
Founded in 1861 by D.F. Fanning
Incorporated in 1888
Main office &
Factory in Worcester, MA (1907)
Salesrooms:
186 Market St,
Chicago & 1218 Broadway, Oakland, CA
(1907)
Branch Offices:
840 Broadway, NYC
&
564 Washington
St, Boston (1907)
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Royal Worchester
Adjusto Corsets
The Dowager
WCC Corsets
Bon Ton
Bien Jolie Brassiere |
|
1907 Royal Blue Book
Catalog of aprox 1916 |
Exhibited at the 1893 Chicago World's fair
1902
Everybody's Mag
2/1903
Harpers Mag
5/1903
Delineator
9/1903
Literary Digest
1907
Delineator
1908
Pictorial Rev.
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WCC |
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WT |
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WT |
