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Jamestown Worsted Mills of Jamestown, New York were, as this card tells us, “Manufacturers of Specialties in Dress Goods.” The concern was owned and operated by William Hall & Co. This card for the company, was made to be folded. On the front, we can see a young lady whose face is framed in some of the Mills’ wares. Couldn’t they have found a more attractive model? It looks like a memorial photo and that she’s been laid out for a couple of days.
The back “cover” of the card shows the mills themselves. I must say that the campus is quite impressive.
The interior of the card tells us more about the company. It reads:
Established in 1873.
THE ONLY
ORIGINAL AND GENUINE
JAMESTOWN DRESS GOODS
ARE MANUFACTURED BY
JAMESTOWN WORSTED MILLS,
W.M. HALL & CO., Proprietors,
JAMESTOWN, N.Y.
For 15 years they have proved themselves equal
to all our claims and guarantees.
They are made from the very best selected ma-
terial by the most skilled workmen on the
latest improved machinery.
They are wool dyed and the colors are as fast
as pure dyes and the best known skill can
make them.
They do not crumple easily, are free from for-
eign substances which are generally used to
increase the weight and to improve the finish,
but which disappear after a few days wear.
Our goods show at first just what they are
and will be until worn out.
We ask your special attention to our new styles
this season. Do not purchase until you have
examined them. They are the very latest de-
signs and the most fashionable colors.
Ask for goods made by our mills, and be sure
to see for yourself that they have our name
and trade mark on them. None other are
GENUINE JAMESTOWNS.
and trade mark on them. None other are
GENUINE JAMESTOWNS.
Yours truly,
WM. HALL & CO.
These goods are sold by
DUPEE BROS.
DEALERS IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
EARLVILLE ILLS
2 comments:
This is a strangely coherent card for one from your collection as we've seen it to date. How did that get there?
The model may be Mr. Hall's wife or maybe his daughter. Could be that he hoped that some enterprising young man might fancy the cupcake paper ruffles surrounding her noggin and rush to ask for her hand.
Wonder how that worked out?
I trust it worked as planned. Those Nineteenth Century schemes usually did. Besides, cupcake papers make everything look better. And, yes, it IS an oddly coherent bit of copy. I'm sure it was a mistake.
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