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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Underwear

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Creator
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
Provenance
Underwear is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.
Creator
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Underwear
Summary
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Underwear forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
Extent
0.49 Cubic feet (consisting of 1 box, 2 oversize folders, plus digital images of some collection material.)
Date
undated
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Underwear
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Business ephemera
Ephemera
Citation
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Underwear, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Genre/Form
Business ephemera
Ephemera
Scope and Contents
This material consists primarily of scattered correspondence on letterhead stationery, printed advertisements, books, pamphlets, order forms, bills/receipts, and catalogues from manufacturers, distributors and importers of underwear. The material dates from 1861 to 1926 but the bulk of the material is late nineteenth and early twentieth century . Materials are organized by name of company. There are five folders of material grouped by type: general images, import/export documents, patents and trademarks, and miscellaneous items.
Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Materials in the Archives Center
Archives Center Collection of Business Americana (AC0404)
Forms Part Of
Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana. Series 1: Business Ephemera Series 2: Other Collection Divisions Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers Series 4: Photographic Reference Material
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1562727010794-1562727010798-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep85c125ada-3418-4b12-a52c-b58664575eb2

In the Collection

  • Companies

  • Images, Import/Export Documents, Patents and Trademarks, Miscellaneous Items, and Related Publications

  • Underwear

  • Scriven, J.A. & Company, New York

  • Underwear

  • Avalon Knitwear company, Utica, New York

  • Harrower, L.E. Manufacturer, Amsterdam, New York

  • Diddle, Thomas Knit Underwear Manufacturing Co., Amsterdam, New York

  • Royal Gem Mills Company, St. Johnsville, New York

  • Mark Manufacturing Company, Herkimer, New York

  • Johnstown Knitting Mill Company, Johnstown, New York

  • McDonald & Campbell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Cohoes Company, Cohoes, New York

  • Yund, Kennedy & Yund Manufacturing Company, Amsterdam, New York

  • Hahne & Company, Newark, New Jersey

  • Jaros Hygienic Underwear Company, New York

  • V.D. Company, New York

  • Fuld & Hatch Knitting Company, Albany, New York

  • Reis, Robert & Company, New York

  • Page, John E. & Son Agents, Albany, New York

  • Morris Mills, Amsterdam, New York

  • Steiner & Son, Asbury Park, New Jersey

  • Root, J.G. & Sons (Tivoli Hosiery Mills), Albany, New York

  • Duofold Health Underwear company, Frankfort, New York

  • Valentine, A.B., Bennington, Vermont

  • Bennington Knitting Company, Bennington, Vermont

  • Import/Export Documents

  • Brown, Durrell & Company, Boston, Massachusetts

  • Winsted Hosiery Company, Winsted, Connecticut

  • New Process Company, Warren, Pennsylvania

  • Diana Knitting Company, Johnstown, New York

  • Miscellaneous items

  • Clifton Company, Cohoes, New York

  • MeCowatt, W.R. & Company, Amsterdam, New York

  • Norfolk & New Brunswick Hosiery Company, New Brunswich, New Jersey

  • Patents and Trademarks

  • Chalmers Knitting Company, Amsterdam, New York

  • Warner Brothers Proprietors & Sole Agents, New York

  • General Images

  • Broadalbin Knitting Company, Broadalbin, New York

  • Atlas Knitting Company, Amsterdam, New York

  • Thurman, Joseph, Jr. Underwear Manufacturer, Germantown, Pennsylvania

  • Broadalbin Knitting Company, Broadalbin, New York

  • Jaeger's, Dr. Sanitary Woolen System Company, New York

  • Grewen Brother & Co., Johnstown, New York

  • Alpine Knitting Manufacturing Company, Pittston, Pennsylvania

  • Jaeger's, Dr. Sanitary Woolen System Company, New York

  • Ranken Knitting Company, Cohoes, New York

  • Greene Knitting Company, Amsterdam, New York

  • Related Publications

  • Lohmeyer, Wm. H. Importer, Baltimore, Maryland

  • Van Brocklin & Stover Company, Amsterdam, New York

  • Little Palls Knitting Mills Company, Little Falls, New York

  • Cooper Underwear Company, Kenosha, Wisconsin

  • Deirnel Linen-Mesh System Company, New York

  • Hanes, D.B. Knitting Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

  • Commercial Knitting Mills Company, Troy, New York

Warshaw Subject Category: Underwear
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