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20s Lantern Advert Slide Michaels Stern Clothes NY Men

Currency:USD Category:Art / General - Photography Start Price:9.00 USD Estimated At:15.00 - 20.00 USD
20s Lantern Advert Slide Michaels Stern Clothes NY Men
This is a vintage glass lantern slide. Circa 1920. Advertisement for men's clothing, the illustration has a very Leyendecker male look with the strong jaw lines and long lean bodies. Hand colored. New York street scene. Bellhop logo in corner. Michaels-Stern Clothes. New York City. "See Our Smart Overcoats. They're Marvels for Looks & Wonders for Wear". The sticker reads: Lange Bros Clo. Co. Excelsior Illustrating Co. SIZE: 3.25" x 4". The manufacture of men's clothing in Rochester, NY began in the mid-nineteenth century, when the city was still very young. It quickly became one of the largest men's clothing markets in the United States, and the leader in quality. An important manufacturer of the time was Henry Michaels (1822-1894), one of Rochester's first pioneers of ready-made men's clothing. In 1849 he founded the successful firm of Michaels-Stern & Co. (also written as Michaels, Stern & Co. or Michaels/Stern & Co.), which became the longest-lived and largest independent clothing manufacturer in Rochester, lasting 128 years in the highly competitive middle-priced men's clothing market.

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Excellent condition with a small hairline crack on the back. Not very noticeable from the front. Some edge wear.