Details
Contributor Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
John Wanamaker (Firm), distributor.
Title "Queen Bess" corset and skirt supporter. This is by far the best corset and skirt supporter ever made and is warranted in every particular. Manufactured only by the Worcester Corset Co., Worcester, Mass. [graphic] : Pat. June 12th 1877 & Aug. 31st. 1880. Name registered as a trade mark July 24th, 1877.
Publisher [United States]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; 22 x 11 cm. (8.75 x 4.25 in.)
Description Illustrated trade card depicting two women attired in corset and skirt supporters.
Notes Distributor's imprint printed on verso: John Wanamaker, Grand Depot, City Hall Square, Philadelphia, Pa. Provides five reasons for recommending Worcester Corset Co.'s corset and skirt supporter and patent cloth steel protector.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject Worcester Corset Co. (Worcester, Mass.)
Foundation garment industry -- Massachusetts -- Worcester.
Corsets.
Women -- Clothing & dress.
Genre Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Associated name John Wanamaker (Firm), distributor.
Provenance Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *trade card - Worcester [1975.F.1011]
Accession number 1975.F.1011