"Dix-Make" Day Dresses, R.H. Stearns Company, Boston, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1920s

Location Note

Product catalogues: Clothing, jewelry, and gifts: Clothing

GUSN

GUSN-267748

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Description

The day dresses for spring and summer are stylish and can be easily laundered. The back cover promotes the wedding invitations done by the store. The Stearns building on Tremont Street is shown in the cover illustration.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
department stores
clothing
dresses (garments)
women (female humans)
brochures

Physical Descrption

1 brochure : illustration ; 6 x 3 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

1927

Reference Code

EP001.12.007.001.007

Acqusition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

6 x 3 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton, February 28, 1927.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

R.H. Stearns & Company (Boston, Mass.) (Publisher)

Material Type

brochures

Subjects

Tremont Street (Boston, Mass.)
Temple Place (Boston, Mass.)

Descriptive Terms

R. H. Stearns Company

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Product catalogues: Clothing, jewelry, and gifts: Clothing

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